01-18-2016, 04:12 PM
From the CBC: Ontario freezes hospital parking rates, offers long-term discount
Health Minister Eric Hoskins says 3-year freeze takes effect now, discounts to begin Oct. 1
"...Effective immediately, parking rates at all hospitals in Ontario are frozen for next three years, and after that, price increases can be no more than the rate of inflation. Hoskins said
Starting Oct. 1, all hospitals with a parking rate of more than $10 per day must offer five-day, 10-day and 30-day passes at a 50 per cent discount off the daily rate, with full in-and-out privileges..."
This is really the worst kind of political pandering. The picture of the news conference actually has a poster proclaiming "50 PERCENT OFF." I've read that at some hospitals parking fees have been identified as a barrier, but to impose a freeze at every hospital, regardless of situation, is nutty. Will this apply to new spots? Or maybe hospitals just won't bother with those? Any consideration given to access to hospitals by transit or other means of transportation? (Answer: no.)
Lowest common denominator politics at its worst.
Health Minister Eric Hoskins says 3-year freeze takes effect now, discounts to begin Oct. 1
"...Effective immediately, parking rates at all hospitals in Ontario are frozen for next three years, and after that, price increases can be no more than the rate of inflation. Hoskins said
Starting Oct. 1, all hospitals with a parking rate of more than $10 per day must offer five-day, 10-day and 30-day passes at a 50 per cent discount off the daily rate, with full in-and-out privileges..."
This is really the worst kind of political pandering. The picture of the news conference actually has a poster proclaiming "50 PERCENT OFF." I've read that at some hospitals parking fees have been identified as a barrier, but to impose a freeze at every hospital, regardless of situation, is nutty. Will this apply to new spots? Or maybe hospitals just won't bother with those? Any consideration given to access to hospitals by transit or other means of transportation? (Answer: no.)
Lowest common denominator politics at its worst.