[Migrant_Coconut]

When you put it that way, a connection makes sense. Still, the principle of the whole thing still rubs me the wrong way.

$2-3 billion for slightly wider highways? Absolutely.
$4 billion to replace a tunnel? Go for it.
$3 billion for a connection to a few resort towns? Write the check.
$2 billion on a subway extension that will have as much revenue and usage as all of them combined? Uh... maybe we should have a vote.

They're all pretty necessary, yes, but Victoria seems to be going out of its way to avoid funding anything related to Metro Vancouver. They don't even have "fiscal responsibility" as an excuse like they do in the States...