Montreal and other towns face corona deficits
La Presse warns that Montreal and other Quebec towns are facing pandemic deficits and will need help from other levels of government. So far, Montreal is the only major Quebec town that’s already tightened its fiscal belt.
david100 20:58 on 2020-05-04 Permalink
At the same time, the feds are about to open the floodgates of infrastructure cash, but only for shovel ready projects. Would that the Pink Line had provincial support and we had a plan to trot out for the feds. In most of these cases, it sounds like the feds will fund 2/3+ of the cost.
Chris 23:52 on 2020-05-04 Permalink
Anyone else worried public transport usage rates will drop semi-permanently? What with people too paranoid to touch poles, or be close to other people, etc. It’s a great argument for private car ownership.
Michael Black 00:33 on 2020-05-05 Permalink
Less crowding’s a good thing, until the point where service is reduced.