This is a good idea, but let鈥檚 hope it isn鈥檛 just a vote buying scheme for the GTA that turns out to be ludicrously expensive in a couple of years (which wouldn鈥檛 surprise me considering this is coming from the Conservatives)
They will probably save more money on reduced road maintenance and upgrades than will be lost on fares.
Who gives a fuck why it was implemented. It鈥檚 gonna save my family and I money. What鈥檚 the point of the province saving money, just to give it to a corporation or some shit. The government paying for transit is exactly why they鈥檙e there.
If it comes at the expense of health care, education, and emergency services, then it鈥檚 not worth it.
The ER should never close due to shortage of resources.
You鈥檙e delusional if you think that money was going to hospitals, even if so it was going to the executives, I know this as someone who worked at Sunnybrook, not a single cent of that money way going to nurses, staff or supplies