Toll Opponents: Toronto Highways and Doubt Tolls

toll opponents: The primary left-wing complaint about tolling two Toronto highways is it will harm the poor, according to Rabble. One activist responded to my criticism of toll opponents by posting, some folks are so desperate for a war on the car they are willing to settle for a war on the poor disguised as such. There's no doubt tolls hurt poor people, but a car-dominated transportation system does far more damage and everyone who wants a more just society should support measures that help rid our over-heating planet of private automobiles. Another individual wrote on someone else's Facebook page It's almost embarrassing seeing people who think of themselves as progressive supporting policies that would disproportionately hit those with the least the most. To the extent lower income folks drive the Gardiner Expressway or Don Valley Parkway a 2 toll is obviously a greater burden though income-contingent tax rebates can remedy this . But driving and income are inversely correlated. It seems like the very definition of privileged, ivory towerism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.