Seems normal. We want stuff, but no one wants to deal with the public backlash when they have to find a way to pay for it.
Part of the issue is that the Councillors only hear from the most vocal of their constituents, and ignore any macro-level studies that suggest the vocal people are not the majority.
But anyway, my greatest concern is that the only revenue tools that TO Council seems to still sort-of-support-by-virtue-of-not-actively-opposing are tools that will most greatly impact businesses, who already pay higher taxes/rates in this city than anywhere else in the GTA.
That's not to say they're not valid options, but to target revenue-generators of the city over, say, commuters (both driving and transiting) won't do the city any favours in the long run.
I say Metrolinx should just annex local transit systems and co-ordinate a massive network. GO Transit has managed to implement infrastructure upgrades, a new fare card, shuttle servicing and expanded parking (which, let's be fair, decimates local transit), AND zoned fares - all while having to compete for rail line space with CN and VIA. That's no small feat.