Introduction
With two elections this year, Ottawa has received very good news on two fronts. First, on the 27th of January, the federal government announced $18 million a year to go towards OC Transpo's capital expenses. Then, on the 4th of February, the provincial Progressive Conservatives and Liberal both announced plans to upload the LRT's assets to the province, while the NDP promised a 50/50 cost sharing program for municipal transit operations. While not guaranteed, the second item has a good chance of going ahead; the first will depend on the whims of the maybe-Poilievre government.
Both of these represent changes in how OC Transpo could be funded.
