Business owners oppose new transit taxes

Most business owners do not support the Metrolinx campaign for higher taxes and fees to pay for public transit expansion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area.

1300 owners were surveyed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, shortly after the release of the agency’s list of revenue tools to pay for its $50 billion dollar plan to cut down on traffic gridlock.

The survey found that 84% want new projects paid by using existing taxes and fees, not by hiking them or introducing new ones.