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John Robarts' title

Earlier this evening, his title was changed in one place from "Premier of Ontario" to "Prime Minister of Ontario", while a second mention of him remained unchanged as to his title. I've reverted again for reasons of consistency. To that end:

1. The article on John Robarts calls him the Premier.
2. The article on Premier of Ontario acknowledges the change but sticks to "Premier" consistently otherwise.
3. Footnote 95 in this article contains a quotation from The Globe and Mail from January 9, 1965: "Premier John Robarts is expected to announce Monday at the 150th birthday dinner for Sir John A. Macdonald that Highway 401 will be renamed the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway. The naming will be in honour of Canada's first prime minister and George-Étienne Cartier, the Quebec leader in confederation."
4. The original source for the change in title, says "John Robarts, the premier of Ontario" and only mentions the other title in a parenthetical aside.

To keep things consistent within this article and consistent with the other articles, I've reverted to the status quo ante. Imzadi 1979 → 01:44, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Just to add in, contemporary sources may refer to Robarts as the "Prime Minister of Ontario", but since the 1970s the head of provincial government has been consistently the "Premier of Ontario" - Floydian ^τ _¢ 13:21, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Tilbury has widen already to six lanes

Tilbury Highway 401 has been completed in 2022-2023 since I found on Google Street view 1.1 km west of Merlin Road to Essex Road 42 David Vo (YouTube) (talk) 20:08, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Outdated data?

.There is a reference that "In spite of this congestion, it is the primary commuting route in Toronto, and over 50 percent of vehicles bound for downtown Toronto use the highway." with this reference:M.M Dillon Limited (July 1983). "Executive Summary". Don Valley Corridor Transportation Study (Report). Metropolitan Toronto Technical Transportation Planning Committee. p. iii. nearly 52% of the vehicles entering the [study] corridor arrived via Highway 401.

Is it appropriate to use present tense with a statistic from a study done in 1983 (unless I'm misunderstanding)? I would suggest that this either be removed as a statement supporting the fact that the 401 is (present tense) the primary community route in Toronto? I don't really have a problem with that factual statement, but the statistic supporting it is outdated and I would suggest it be removed. Even staying "as of 1983, more than 50%..." is relatively meaningless unless someone thinks it fit somewhere in a "history" section.

I'm not going to delete this myself quite yet as I clean up this part of the article, but I'm raising the subject for discussion. TheHYPO (talk) TheHYPO (talk) 23:41, 3 June 2024 (UTC)