New data from the Ontario government's Financial Accountability Office shows the Toronto economic region gets far times more funding to operate its ailing transit providers than the area including Ottawa — and the gap is growing wider.
New data from the Ontario government's Financial Accountability Office shows the Toronto economic region gets far times more funding to operate its ailing transit providers than the area including Ottawa — and the gap is growing wider.The Ottawa economic region receives more operational transit funding per resident than the Toronto area. Politicians representing the capital find that unfair and want to close that gap.
That gulf is projected to widen in 2024-25, with Toronto's per-resident subsidy rising to $196.49 and Ottawa's falling to $31.91. The capital region's surviving funding mainly consists of a share of the provincial gas tax.OC Transpo defends LRT schedule cuts that councillors say aren't worth it Without a final word on increased provincial or federal funding, councillors are headed into a challenging budget season with a $120-million sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.
Ottawa Centre MPP Joel Harden says the new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario shows that Ottawa hasn't been getting the support it needs from the province on transit. Blais agreed that Ford wants "skin in the game" in a way Ottawa will never be able to achieve through cuts, and argued the city needs to invest more into the system.
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