A brief lesson on the Canadian levels of government before I go into the story. We have three level: municipal (the city), provincial (the province), and federal (the country). Each level of government have controle over different things. For instance, municipal has jusitiction over public transport and building permits. Provincial; healthcare, education, and whats important to the story, transportation. Federal, trade relations, diplomacy all that.

The FOF had an opinion that I thought was absolutly ludacris. He thought that Sherwood Park, a suburb of Edmonton, should have to pay a toll to use 'Edmonton roads' if a person chooses to live in Sherwood Park but work in Edmonton. That makes no sence at all. There are a couple of reasons that I have for thinking that he's crazy. One. The roads in Alberta are controled by the provincial government. Everybody in Alberta who works, pays provincial taxes, and we all pay our fair share depending on what tax bracket we fall into. A certain percentage of those tax dollars goes towards road construction, repair and maintenance. So, people in Sherwood Park, as well as anywhere in the province are 'paying' to use those roads. Charging a toll to get into Edmonton is not only immoral, it would also be illegal. A municipal branch would be profiting from a provincially controled sector.

Second. I don't think that he realises what the point of a suburb actually is. People live in the suburbs because they want to work in the city, but not have an urban lifestyle. They don't want to be bombarded with what they have to put up with during their shift at work, at home. So, people live in a smaller community where its generally safer to raise a family, where they don't have to be afraid to go for a walk at night, where there are plenty of schools close by and where they can relax. Then, they commute to work, they drive the 20 or so mins to their work, put in their hours and drive back.

Incidently, Sherwood Park wasn't built as a suburb. It was built as an entirely seperate community, and as Edmonton grew east in its infancy, it grew to the western limits of Sherwood Park, and could go no further due to city limits.

Please, leave me a comment. I'm interested in knowing if anyone else thinks that the FOF has an opinion that other people find unjust as well.