John Tory drew criticism on the campaign trail Wednesday after appearing to take credit for transit improvements that were underway before he became mayor. Mayor John Tory and Councillor Michael Thompson at a campaign event in Scarborough on Wednesday, where Tory credited his SmartTrack initiative for a rail expansion project that actually began before he was elected. Tory’s SmartTrack piggybacks on RER by adding stations to GO lines within Toronto. Article Continued Below“This is more smoke and mirrors from John Tory on transit and only proves that ‘SmartTrack’ doesn’t, and will never, exist. The provincial and federal governments have pledged a combined $9 billion for Toronto transit, but that falls short of what’s required to get all of the projects built.

Source: thestar September 12, 2018 22:53 UTC