By working closely with its partners across Canada, the federal government is ensuring that more Canadians will be able to live near public transit, connecting them to jobs, services, and their communities.
Today, Jaime Battiste, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, and Member of Parliament for Sydney-Victoria; Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton-Canso; and Mayor Cecil Clarke announced a federal investment of more than $8 million in transit funding for Cape Breton Regional Municipality, providing predictable and long-term funding.
Through the new Canada Public Transit Fund's Baseline Funding stream, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality will receive an annual funding allocation amounting to over $8 million over 10 years. Funding will upgrade, replace, or modernize the Cape Breton Regional Municipality's public transit infrastructure, and maintain it in a state of good repair.
This investment, beginning in 2026 until 2036, will help increase the housing supply and affordability as part of complete, transit-oriented communities, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
