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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Airdrie, Okotoks, and Cochrane are the definition of parasite communities. I didn't really follow stuff like that back then as I was pretty young. Why did we care if they have a melt-down back then? What are they going to do? Stop coming into work and play in Calgary? Let them cry. If they don't like it, they can always just move to Calgary and start paying into our tax base. That may require them living in a house that actually fits their income level though.
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I would assume the discussion died very quickly because Airdire and Okotoks are provincial voters, and the province controls they key road artery into the City.
I don't think the City has the power to institute a road toll on provincial roads without provincial support. Tolling Crowchild and Macleoud at the City limits may simply shift traffic and hurt Calgaryians.
Also, we are a prairie City, surrounded by township and range roads, many of which connect to our infrastructure. I imagine it would be hard to toll them all and people would go to great lengths to avoid tolls, causing unintended traffic impacts to area's of the City not meant to handle the new traffic.