Legault's Final Budget Slammed for Skimpy Metro Funding

0:00It's April 8th. You're listening to Canada News today, AI-powered local news. Quebec's outgoing premiere Francois Legault just dropped his final budget, and it's getting slammed for handing out tiny amounts to public transit. Montreal's metro system begged for billions to stay afloat, but got peanuts instead, leaving riders hanging. The Metro hit 60 years old this year, yet nearly half its stations sit in poor or very poor condition. It's not bad design. It's straight up neglect from years of skimpy funding under Legault's CAQ government. Folks in Montreal are fired up, calling this a wrecking ball to the city. The fallout could mean station closure soon, and while Legault's crew might get crushed in the next provincial election, that doesn't fix the damage. Done. No big new fixes on the horizon yet, but the push is growing for Montreal to gain real power to raise its own cash beyond property and commercial taxes. So the province steps up or hands over control, that aging metro keeps rumbling on borrowed time, testing everyone's patience.