01-27-2017, 10:49 AM
The old PC leader and the new PC leader put Wynne in a lose-lose scenario (helped by the NDP, 905 politicians, and pro-car Toronto politicians).
She could allow the tolls, and GTA mayors and her provincial counterparts would blame her, not Tory, for them. She could forbid the tolls and Tory would paint her as a nanny-state interfering in the jurisdictions of others. So she is trying to make a third way, where they get money but not from tolls. Still probably no improvement in anyone's view of her, but I'd say a net positive from either of the other options.
She could allow the tolls, and GTA mayors and her provincial counterparts would blame her, not Tory, for them. She could forbid the tolls and Tory would paint her as a nanny-state interfering in the jurisdictions of others. So she is trying to make a third way, where they get money but not from tolls. Still probably no improvement in anyone's view of her, but I'd say a net positive from either of the other options.