I don't have a problem with my provincial gas taxes going to transit as long as it actually does and nothing is siphoned off by municipalities for other projects. Increased routes, more frequent service, new equipment, etc. and the end user/municipality should still have to pickup part of the cost and politicians that sit on the transit boards should not receive any additional salary. A reduction in fares and a couple of cents off at the pumps would be nice also.

All of gas taxes will go toward transit:Tory

Canadian Press

TORONTO — The provincial gas tax that adds almost 15 cents per litre to the price at the pumps would go toward funding roads and transit if the Conservatives are elected, party leader John Tory said Monday.

The government collects about $3.14 billion from gas and fuel taxes for upgrading roads and public transportation, yet a third of that money pays for other projects _ which should infuriate motorists, Tory said.

"Their money is going into a black hole _ along with some many other taxes _ which is being used in many cases not to fund roads, not to fund transit, but instead to fund things like misleading advertising campaigns, logo changes and other kinds of wasteful expenditures,'' he said.

A Conservative government would spend all 14.7 cents per litre properly _ although it would take five years to make that happen, Tory said.

He couldn't answer whether the increased spending would be phased in evenly over the five years, or how it would be split between road and transit upgrades.

His campaign platform calls for $300 million to improve roads in rural and northern Ontario, and some vague promises to expand GO Transit service and rapid-transit service.

Tory wouldn't commit to whether he would scrap the Liberals' $17.5-billion transit strategy as premier or follow through with it.

He said he wants to hear back from the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority on how it would spend the money before making that decision