COVID-19 pandemic, before the details of the agreement were finalized.In Thursday’s statement, Higgs admitted the province opted out of the transit category in the funding agreement because “it was designed for large urban areas with significant transit infrastructure.”This was the first time Higgs backtracked previous claims that the funding was designed for capital infrastructure, not specifically transit.
New Brunswick opts out of transit operations funding offered by Ottawa He also said “any transit funding requests we may receive from our municipalities can be more than adequately covered under the $41 million Municipalities stream of that same agreement.”Ottawa announced an $18.4-billion agreement July 16 to help provincial.