text: From article: "... the Liberals have promised not to hold a referendum on funding for transit projects in Metro Vancouver"
  
  UPCOMING THRONE SPEECH SHD COMMIT BC GOVT TO REVERSING TRANSLINK's MAYORS' COUNCIL's MONUMENTALLY STUPID
  
  - agenda for a $2.5 billion subway for the 44 sq mile city of Vancouver, despite the city already having 3 separated-from-roadway, computer-driven rapid transit lines; 
  
  while
  
  - stingily committing to a mere $1 billion for a 19th century technology street car system for Metro's South Of Fraser cities' - 248 sq mile Surrey & the 2 Langleys- despite their being BC's fastest growing 2007-17!!
  
  http://skytrainforsurrey.org/ 
  
  City of Vancouver population= 630,000
  Surrey + the 2 Langleys' population= 710,000
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  Vancouver's annual pop increase= 4000
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  Surrey's annual pop increase= over 12,000
  2 Langley's annual pop increase= over 4200
  
  ... with more than 50% of this 16,200 usually children needing schools; community programmes, et cetera