By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, July 3, 2015
Transit types are desolate over the failure of this attempt in British Columbia
to raise sales taxes to pay for new rail and bus lines throughout greater
Vancouver. Here’s the lesson: If you want a big public project, elect a
government with the nerve to see it through. The Vancouver plebiscite was a
months-long mail-in affair asking people in and around Vancouver whether they’d
pay an extra half-point in sales tax to fund $7.5-billion worth of transit
projects. The idea was backed by nearly all the local mayors, who are maddened
that the provincial government won’t help pay for things they think are
critical. via
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