Nearly 120,000 Calgarians had been issued a low-income pass through March of this year. Both cities said they have seen significant growth in uptake of the program in recent years
Alberta has informed Calgary and Edmonton that it will no longer fund transit passes for low-income residents, fanning the flames in the fight between the two levels of government as they wrestle over finances and jurisdiction.
The United Conservative Party government has been scrapping with the cities in recent months on a variety of issues such as, for example, erupted into a game of political finger-pointing as the two levels of government clashed about how to best support the unhoused population. And in Calgary this month, Ms.
“The decision to defund this program in Edmonton and Calgary shows that the province’s priorities are in the wrong place,” said Mr. Sohi.government has been providing annual grants since 2017 of about $4.5-million to support its transit program for residents living below the poverty line. Last year, the province added an additional $1.7-million to extend the program to seniors living in multi-generational households.
Ms. Smith’s government, in February, 2023, said supporting low-income transit programs would help make life more affordable for Albertans who are struggling to “heat their homes and feed their families.” A government press release at the time said the transit programs in Edmonton and Calgary helped nearly 390,000 people in 2022.
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