TORONTO

TTC chair Karen Stintz called out the federal and provincial NDP Tuesday for not coming out praising new transit taxes and tolls to fund transit.

Stintz took to Twitter to call out federal NDP MP Olivia Chow and Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath for not supporting new revenue tools to fund transit construction in Toronto.

"If we're going to build subways, subways, subways we need funding, funding, funding," Stintz said . "It seems to me a little bit of an odd statement for the NDP and Rob Ford to be on the same side.

"I think it is important that we understand that we're not building transit unless we have the funding and the way get the funding is to talk about how to raise it."

On Monday, the Toronto Region Board of Trade recommended a regional sales tax and several other revenue tools to fund transit. In response, Horwath rejected the notion of new tolls or taxes for “everyday families” and argued she would first look to close corporate “loopholes” as a revenue source.

On Tuesday, Stintz — a possible 2014 mayoral contender — asked via Twitter whether Chow, another possible mayoral contender, supports Horwath’s stance.

Chow responded with: “To my friends who want to let the federal government off the hook in paying for transit” and included a link to video of her in the House of Commons urging the feds to come up with a long-term, predictable infrastructure funding to fight gridlock.

When it comes to transit levies, Stintz refused to slam the brakes on bringing back Toronto’s car tax and dedicating the revenue to transit.

“Council will need to wrestle with how we’re going to fund our share of transit,” she said.

“Certainly, my position is if we are going to build transit in this city that meets the needs of Torontonians that we need to be able to contribute to that plan.”

The Eglinton-Lawrence (Ward 16)councillor voted against implementing the car tax back in 2007 and voted to kill the fee in 2010 shortly after Ford was swept into the mayor’s chair on a promise to axe the tax.

Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong accused Stintz of flip-flopping on the vehicle registration tax.

The public works chairman — who remains opposed to the car tax — argued if it were to come back it should be dedicated to road infrastructure.

“Because the people who are paying for it are using those roads,” he said.