The Globe writes: "It’s the legacy of Rob Ford.  ...”"
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True, but that's not even close to the whole story.
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It completely omits the role of Big Oil, federally and municipally.
It omits the role of the scheming, four-times-Globe-endorsed, Oil-enthralled federal government of the day.
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For Big Oil, stopping transit is good.
Hijacking the transit budget for something useless is even better.
For Big Oil, it doesn`t get better than the one-stop subway.
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As an oil industry puppet, the 4+ year transit delay caused by the Rob Ford mayoralty was worth over $1 billion in gasoline sales.
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Now they`re just biding their time, running out the clock on Kathleen Wynne.
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As soon as the Petroleum Company (PC) Party wins the provincial election next year, transit goes back in the deep freeze for another decade - or more - just the way Mike Harris cancelled the Eglinton subway on day one.
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For the Conservatives, it is all about oil.
For the Conservatives, it is only ever about oil.