Residual ridership shortfalls mean feds should renew emergency public transit support

Canada’s transit agencies call on the federal government to renew the 2022 transit-housing funding deal to help transit systems maintain service levels and prepare for a population increase.

Without emergency operating funding support, public transit systems will have to cut services which will have a significant negative impact on Canada’s economy, writes Marco D’Angelo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARCO D’ANGELO

February 8, 2023

Throughout the pandemic, the federal government and the provinces proved to be staunch allies of Canadian public transit systems and the communities they serve. Over the past two and a half years, they kept public transit running during one of the sector's biggest shocks.&nb...

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