On Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 MPP Harden, as the Official Opposition Critic for Transit and Active Transportation, tabled a motion to restore 50/50 net transit operations cost-sharing between municipalities and the provincial government.
Motion text is here:
That, in the opinion of this House, the Provincial Government should match municipalities' funding contribution to operating and maintaining municipal transit systems across Ontario and funding should not be used to replace or reduce municipal contributions to transit.
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WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic and financial challenges brought by Bill 23 have left public transit agencies in Ontario in desperate need of funding and support.
WHEREAS new polling from EKOS finds that 82 percent of Ontarians want the province to provide more public transit funding.
WHEREAS many of our neighbours rely on transit to get where they need to go and cannot afford longer wait times or higher fares, but the Ontario Government Ontario has not made the necessary investments to address the ongoing fiscal challenges facing local transit agencies.
Add your name to demand that the Ontario Provincial Government immediately invest $750M in transit operations, fund 50% of municipalities net operational costs and give public transit agencies the support needed to stop the transit death spiral of less service and higher fares.