Back in the day when the Eglinton Crosstown and the Finch LRT were twinkles in the eyes of politicians, I said they should be subways.

Like the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, I believed in “subways, subways, subways.”

Why? The main reason is our winters.

The Finch LRT was barely open for a day or two last week when we had a small – by our standards – snowfall. What happened? The LRT snarled due to “weather related incidents.” Thank you. I rest my case.

Take a look at the so-called “stations,” along the Eglinton LRT. At Pharmacy, it’s little more than a bus shelter in the middle of a six-lane highway. What’s it going to be like in the middle of a snowstorm or when the temperature dips to minus 20C?

The line is underground closer to downtown, but in Scarborough it’s a frozen block of

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