Parties of both right and left oppose road tolls, and that’s a pity

The main contenders in the approaching British Columbia election have been skirmishing over, of all things, road tolls.A couple of weeks ago, Premier David Eby, who hopes to get a fresh mandate for the province’s NDP government on Oct. 19, stood next to the massive, 10-lane Port Mann Bridge that spans the Fraser River. He was there to remind voters that the NDP removed the tolls on the bridge in 2017. The Premier claimed his opponent, John Rustad of the Conservatives, would bring them back. In 2017, after all, Mr. Rustad had said that removing the tolls was a “huge slap in the face” for B.C. taxpayers, who would have to pick up the tab for the cost of the bridge.