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We get health care instead of transit. That is in no means an opinion of what is better, just simply a statement as to how underfunded our transit systems are and how much we spend on health care overall, from a federal and provincial point of view.
Not sure what you mean. A simple look at Vancouver reveals a modern, plastic accepting, completely automated and growing network of under and above-ground trains. Oh, and that isn't owned by the government. Could that be the issue?
1. Extension to UBC 2. Evergreen Extension 3. Surrey Extension
If you look a Toronto, they're desperate for a complete conversion - New York style - to a subway/mass transit only system. There is so much they should be doing, but aren't.
I don't need the transit to be owned by government, but both Federal and Provincial levels should be regular contributors, like they are in every other nation.