What's interesting and different about the 407 ETR though is that it is NOT owned OR operated by the government, but is owned and operated by a consortium of private companies.

This consortium consists of Spanish company Grupo Ferrovial and its subsidiary Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, SNC-Lavalin, and Capital d'Amerique CDPQ, a subsidiary of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. It was sold by the province of Ontario in 1999 to the tune of 3.107 billion dollars.

I have the exact same problem actually. When I was going through school it became such an issue that I was failing everything simply because it wasn't legible. So I saw an occupational therapist, was diagnosed with an inflexibility in my wrist and was told regardless of how much I practiced, my writing would never get better. So I became the only 7th grader with a laptop at the time.

Seriously, as a nationally ranked Ice Dancer for several years myself (yes and a regular slashdot reader for many years) I can say that there is a ton of athleticism involved in Ice Dance. It's not the same as the timed sports or sports where a score is kept, but it's a sport all the same. It requires massive amounts of talent, training and physical ability. That being said, just because these gymnasts can't bench press 400 pounds does not mean they are not athletes.