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The premier has lately been warning that a vote for the PCs would put various transit projects at risk. It might well. To the very limited extent it is possible to identify Ford’s lasting policy preferences, it is safe to say above-ground light rail will continue to stick in his craw.

He did recently pledge his support for light rail in Ottawa specifically, and has said he might support it anywhere outside of Toronto. Take that for what it’s worth. But never forget it was the Liberals who kneecapped Transit City, former Toronto mayor David Miller’s light rail network plan, by slashing its funding in 2010. That gave then-mayor Rob Ford his opening to throw transit planning in Scarborough, especially, into the hopeless money-wasting disarray we see today.

“We all remember what happened between 2010 and 2014 — and I will just say that was the last time Doug Ford was involved in running this city,” Wynne told reporters on Thursday. “We’re still paying the price for the turmoil and the cancellation of transit projects that were underway.”

No kidding. But in 2010, this woman was minister of transportation. And she was premier in 2013 when she suddenly announced she would support cancelling the Scarborough LRT in favour of a more expensive subway plan the Ford Brothers preferred. Why? So she could run Mitzie Hunter in a by-election as a “subway champion” and win a Scarborough riding that she didn’t need.

The justification for the Transit City budget cut, in part, was the need to cut the deficit — something that ostensibly preoccupied Wynne until about 25 minutes ago, until her 2018 budget plunged us back into years of red numbers. It is reasonable to imagine the deficit might preoccupy her again in future, should she somehow manage to stay on as premier. If you want transit plans to proceed as they are, there is no one to choose from between Wynne and Ford.