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.
What a grand announcement… right as the election approaches.
Maybe you can promise proportional representation too!
From 2015 for those with short memories: https://x.com/JustinTrudeau/status/646114034463338497
Best we can do is spend money on a think tank telling us it won’t work 🫠
We’re not getting any of that without pr
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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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.
Trudeau was initially elected on the promise of electoral reform. Campaign from the left, govern from the right is the Liberal MO.
They promised to end poverty for those with disabilities with Bill C-22. They switched out the actually disabled MP as head of the ministry with some suit and this new benefit isn’t even a fifth of what’s needed and reaches only half of those who need it. They say it’s just the foundations to build on, but they’ll be handing the reigns of this benefit to the conservatives soon enough who are certainly not going to improve it (despite unanimously voting for it).
Most promises from all politicians are meaningless marketing, calling just one group out on this is disingenuous at best
The electoral reform lie was especially heinous. It’s not your average political lie, it was THE central pillar of his campaign. It had massive support from liberals and progressives and was why they swept up so handily that election. Comparing that to silly small campaign promises is disingenuous.
https://globalnews.ca/news/3102270/justin-trudeau-liberals-electoral-reform-changing-promises/
