For the first time ever, there are no tolls on Halifax bridges. Why now?

Some critics are questioning the move to eliminate the fees to cross the harbour spans

CBC NewsAndrew Sampson

It's been one week since tolls were officially removed on the MacKay and Macdonald bridges between Halifax and Dartmouth, bringing to an end 70 years of paying to cross the harbour. But some Nova Scotians are questioning the timing. 

"I don't know who was asking for this," says Christine Saulnier, the director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia, a progressive think-tank that focuses on issues including social justice and economic equality.

"I don't think it was top of mind…

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For the first time ever, there are no tolls on Halifax bridges. Why now?

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