Highway tolls are like fuel injection for Rob Ford’s mayoral candidacy

Road pricing in Toronto is now officially up for debate: at last Friday’s Metrolinx board meeting, staff put forward a proposal for a 10-cent-per-kilometre toll on all 400-series highways in the GTA, as well as on the Gardiner Expressway and the DVP. The first to wade into the fray, not surprisingly, is Rob Ford. He calls the idea “political suicide.” The issue undoubtedly gives a big boost to Ford’s mayoral prospects, as it rolls his two pet peeves into a single, politically explosive package: taxes and the persecution of drivers. The unthinkable campaign—Rob Ford for Mayor!—has taken a giant leap toward reality.