Adam Vaughan is normally well intentioned but he is flat wrong in this case.  The purpose of the private investor is to make money for their constituents - whether they are shareholders or beneficiaries of pensions.  Thanks to Mike Harris the GTA experience with toll rates on the ETR HWY407 over the past 18 years should provide a valuable lesson here. In January 2017 it will now cost me more to drive from Oshawa to Hamilton during rush hour using the 407 than it would to drive the entire NY State Thruway from the Pennsylvania border to NYC.