This was the announcement;
Le gouvernement fédéral lance le Fonds pour le transport en commun du Canada en vue de répondre aux besoins de transport en commun partout au Canada.
www.canada.ca
Here's a translation from Federal Government to English.
Federal government to announce and cancel the Canada Public Transit Fund
From: No Housing, Deferred Infrastructure, and Sprawl Canada
Background
Since 2015, the Government of Canada has invested over $30 billion in more than 2,000 projects across the country, supporting a variety of construction sites, from new underground construction in Canada’s biggest cities such as the Millenium [sic] Broadway Subway Extension project in Vancouver, to construction lines in major cities such as the Finch West construction line project in Toronto, and to new transit solutions in rural communities. Funding was delivered through a variety of paperwork creating programs, continuing the
Canadian policy tradition.
The Government of Canada’s commitment to strengthening paperwork, paint, and construction sites across the country is stronger than ever. Today’s announcement provides detailed information on how the new Canada Public Transit Fund will be cancelled by the inevitable Poilievre government.
The new, cancellable Canada Public Transit Fund
The new Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF) will transform the delivery of federal funding for transit by allowing Poilievre to cancel
all transit funding with one program cancellation, showing our commitment to what Paige Saunders called our "lurching, majoritarian governments."
With the launch of the new CPTF, all orders of government, and transit authorities will work together to cancel transit funding, thus ensuring
higher costs for transit in the future. This approach will better respond to the needs of pickup trucks of large sizes across Canada by providing stable and predictable federal funding for projects, which is to say, not at all.
Harming Canadians
The CPTF program disables access to modern and efficient public transit infrastructure.
The upcoming cancellation of the new Canada Public Transit Fund aims to:
- dash hopes that we can enhance capacity to meet demand for better transit services, especially in growing regions
- dash hopes that we can reduce car dependency by increasing the use of public transit and active transportation
- dash hopes that we can contribute to climate change mitigation and increased resilience; and
- dash hopes that we can support economic growth and improving transportation options for equity-deserving groups
Details on the cancellation of the new Canada Public Transit Fund
The CPTF cancels longer-term transit needs and leverages the fighting between partners to cancel federal funding. With no new and cancelled existing programs, funds will not be delivered.
With the upcoming election of Pierre Poilievre, it's inevitable that we'll be voted out of office. Thus, we can promise everything from
daycare to
increased military spending, and know that we
won't deliver. (/bleh) Thus, presenting the CPTF, which will begin spending money in two years.
Wait, isn't spending money everywhere our specialty?
Minister for No Housing, Deferred Infrastructure, and Sprawl Canada
- The Somewhat Honourable Sean Fraser
Honest Thoughts
What's even the point? Maybe PP'll be Doug Ford, but I'm not holding my breath, and I can see a cancellation of the CPTF before it ever provides any funding. Right now we're headed towards dashed hopes and lost opportunities. /sigh
