Québec Solidaire Presses CAQ for Metro Funds

0:00Quebec Solidaires pushing the CAQ government hard to claim Quebec's share of the new $5 billion Canada Transit Fund for the Montreal Metro. The fund kicked in on April 1st, but while other provinces grabbed their portions, Premier Christine Frachette's team has been slow to act, leaving money on the table in Ottawa. Montrealers deal with a crumbling system every day, like ongoing repairs that placed his art station. Quebec Solidaires spokesperson Rubik Gazal called out the delay during a press conference Thursday at the Legally Station, one of the network's five. Worst spots in Verdun. Riders and leaders are fed up, echoing Montreal Mayor Saraya Martinez, Faradah's frustration from the recent climate summit. She said enough with waiting on Quebec and Ottawa to fund public transit properly. Gazal stressed the Metro is Montreal's backbone, 60 years old and crying out for major fixes after decades of underinvestment from this and past. Governments. It's clear public transit can't become a taxpayer burden.

1:02It's an essential service. Time for the province to step up and secure those funds before things get worse. That's the story for today, Canada News Today, driven by AI, I'm Corey with the story.