Trudeau outlines details of $30B, 10-year fund for public transit

What a grand announcement... right as the election approaches.

Maybe you can promise proportional representation too!

The classic Liberal playbook. They know what would make a real positive impact on people's lives, but rather than doing it, they save it until the last moment before the election and then promise it will become a thing during their next term. Kathleen Wynne did the same thing with pharmacare before losing to Ford, who rolled back all of her programs. Imagine if Liberals governed their entire terms the way they govern in the last year before getting ousted.

Nice news. Money only starts flowing in 2 years though and then it takes many many years for stuff to get built on top of that. Wish we could pick the pace up on these issues.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Applications opened Wednesday for two streams in the federal government's new $30-billion public transit fund, even though the money won't start flowing for another two years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

"We're stepping up with the kind of predictable, long-term transit funding that means our partners, like the City of Toronto and (Mayor) Olivia Chow, can plan for not just the next couple of years, but for the next decade and beyond," Trudeau said.

That plan includes eliminating mandatory minimum parking requirements for new construction and allowing high-density housing projects near transit.

The money isn't set to flow for until 2026 but applications have opened for the baseline funding and the metro agreements to allow cities to start planning.

Housing Minister Sean Fraser said Wednesday it's important to build public infrastructure to withstand the impact of severe weather events.

Parts of the city saw a month's worth of rain in a single day, beating the previous record set in 1941.

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Trudeau was initially elected on the promise of electoral reform. Campaign from the left, govern from the right is the Liberal MO. Their promises are meaningless marketing.