PC budget cancels $1B in transit cash for city

By Idil Mussa, CBC News Ottawa, April 12, 2019

The provincial government's decision to scrap previous plans to double the city's share of gas tax funding means Ottawa will lose $1 billion for its mass transit plans over the next 30 years.

The announcement that the Progressive Conservative government is cancelling plans to double the funds — which are expected to total more than $36 million for Ottawa in 2019 — appeared on page 75 of the PCs' first budget, tabled Thursday.

The cancellation appeared to have taken municipalities by surprise.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pc-budget-cancels-1-billion-transit-funding-ottawa-1.5095459

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