Feds Would Pay Transit Fares

Canadian taxpayers would directly subsidize millions in transit fares for money-losing city operators under a “potential federal option” proposed by cabinet, according to internal documents. Aides in the Prime Minister’s Office said the confidential proposal would redirect climate change grants to cover revenue drops due to falling ridership: “There is no mechanism in place for us to do this right now.”

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