All talk that this deal might still jump the tracks is just a smokescreen. Toronto is beyond broke & desperate for cash, so this is a done-deal.

The private sector middle class in Canada is extinct - and  that is the very hallmark of a 3rd world country. In a 3rd world country, there is the ruling class, the public service workers that support the ruling class, and then the vast bulk of the population - the peasants.

I strongly suspect that sometime later this year is when most people come to the realization that we're really little more than Venezuela - with snow...