Ford and Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy are cutting 5.7 cents a litre of the gas tax and eliminating tolls on the provincially operated part of the tollway.
Source: Doug Ford making gas tax cut permanent, ending tolls on eastern section of Highway 407
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Ford has frequently said it was a “big mistake” for former Tory premier Mike Harris to sign a 99-year lease with a private consortium to operate Highway 407 for $3.1 billion in 1999.
It would cost taxpayers an estimated $35 billion to end that contract and return the highway to public hands.
