In general this is never spoken of as corruption here. Not in mainstream discourse anyways. It's spoken of as a "bad deal", but the "C" word isn't really deploy

In general this is never spoken of as corruption here. Not in mainstream discourse anyways. It's spoken of as a "bad deal", but the "C" word isn't really deployed. In the early/mid-90s recessionary period when this was inked, the justification was excessively high debts incurred by the previous provincial gov't. Austerity was the name of the game, and decisions like these were seen as "wise fiscal management." Those debts now look minor compared to the present, and we'd have been in much better fiscal situation keeping the toll road public and letting that money flow back.