The city has a very pressing financial problem.  When the province and city (and the feds) made the agreement to fund the Scarborough subway, the province told the city that it could deal with its financial issues by new revenue tools it had provided.  The city has since tried to do that with the road tolls and the province prevented them.  

It's pretty clear to me who wears the goat horns here, and it isn't the city.  Tory needs to show some cojones and stand up to the province.