There are two issues right now with regard to Toronto. The first is that both Toronto and Metrolinx refuse to work with developers. If they worked with developers, in a partnership arrangement, maybe using the Hong Kong model as a possibility, then money could be made with regard to the operating costs.
The problem with municipalities and provincial governments is that it's sometimes very difficult to get them to agree on what's to be done. But it's also not necessarily uniform throughout the country. There is the suggestion of having federal overview to examine what's going on and to make some sort of design recommendations, but funding may also be required.
As I mentioned very briefly, there are some means by which funding can be deferred with regard to BOT types of contracts, and the period is normally about 25 to 30 years. This can be implemented to try to reduce the overall costs, but when you have a city the size of Toronto, with 5.1 million people when Mississauga and Brampton are included, it is a major problem for anybody to get enough money to develop transit systems for the city and surroundings. Who benefits? No one benefits. The people certainly do not benefit, so what do you do?
It's a situation where somebody has to say this has to be done. It's like a major decision with regard to high-speed rail. Something has to be done with regard to some of these issues, and the cities are broke in some cases. Toronto is a classic case in point, but the people need to have the transportation because they are the most important part of mass transit.