Traffic a key issue in Markham election
Author: L.H. Tiffany Hsieh
Newspaper: yorkregion.com/news
Date: September 23, 2010
Article: http://www.yorkregion.com/news/local/article/877383--traffic-a-key-issue-in-markham-election
Subject of Article: Traffic in Markham
Thesis: All candidates want to have something to do with clearing traffic off the roads to win more votes.
Evidence: Candidate Surinder Issar claims not to put up signs on the road due to them blocking the view of the road. Joe Li, Peter Pavlovic, and many others all believe that public transit should be improved, with Li suggesting to make buses come more frequently but also of a smaller capacity. Candidates are willing to increase the tax by about 1% just to pay for the snowplows.
Significance: This issue is important because it will affect us directly no matter who wins the election. Any way the election may go, public transit is sure to be improved. Paying just a little bit more tax is surely worth it to rid ourselves of traffic gridlock, especially in the winter when it is at its worst.
