Whatever everyone else says . Yes Torontonians feels that the GTA does not adequately pay for the services their residents use in the city . GTA residents cause massive congestion in our city and pay very relatively little in taxes for it causing the burden of costs to fall on Toronto taxpayers who are far higher users of transit to begin with , as well as being able to afford it . We ' re talking about municipal level taxes and responsibilities here , specifically transit and infrastructure . Here ' s a somewhat recent wealth map of the GTA . You can see the concentration of those making over 60 , 000 is strong outside the city , under 60 is high in the city of those squares has roughly the same # of people in it .