Recently while taking the subway in the morning rush there was an almost business-as-usual delay that left hundreds, perhaps even more than a thousand people crammed onto the platform as we waited for the train.

When the train did finally arrive, it was packed to the gills with people who had squeezed on at the previous station. Between the two trains there were more than 2,000 uncomfortable and annoyed people saying "excuse me" who had paid the $3 fare to ride a system that is straining from years of underfunding. 

Ontario's post-secondary system has parallels to public transit as it too is a system designed in the 1960s that keeps asking people to pay more as it becomes more crowded and people grumble about the state of things.