Category Archives: Toll roads

(May 30, 2000) Wrong turn left us with too many roads, too high taxes. Canada has too many roads, and Canadians spend too much money building them. Continue reading →

(May 19, 2000) Next month, a coroner’s inquest will investigate one of Canada’s worst-ever highway calamities — the fiery 84- vehicle crash last September on a stretch of the 401 between Windsor and London. Continue reading →

(May 2, 2000) I am writing regarding the June 7, 2000 inquest into the 8 deaths resulting from the accident on the 401 last September, and specifically your duty to assist the jury to make recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths. Continue reading →

(May 2, 2000) “The answer is toll roads, because saying money also saves lives.” Three thousand people die on Canada’s roads each year, with Ontario’s among the most dangerous, but Highway 407, the electronic toll road north of Toronto that opened three years ago, has yet to log its first fatality. Continue reading →