Public Transit & Infrastructure

• Bloc QuébécoisBLOC

  Demands a fair share of federal transit funding for Quebec, especially for Montreal's REM and Quebec City's tramway. Wants the HFR project to include a Sherbrooke stop.

• Conservative Party of CanadaCONSERVATIVE

  Would replace the Permanent Public Transit Fund with project-specific block grants tied to housing-density commitments. Supports VIA Rail HFR but opposes High-Speed Rail's higher capital cost.

• Green Party of CanadaGREEN

  Strong supporter of free transit, electrification, intercity rail expansion, and active-transportation cost-sharing with municipalities.

• Liberal Party of CanadaLIBERAL

  Maintains the Permanent Public Transit Fund ($3B per year from 2026). Continues VIA Rail's High-Frequency Rail project in the Toronto-Quebec City corridor.

• New Democratic PartyNDP

  Would fund free transit fares in major Canadian cities via federal-municipal cost-sharing, electrify VIA Rail, and prioritize Indigenous community road links.

Bills affecting this issue

• C-61Federal44-1In committee

  An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands

  Locks federal transit funding into permanent line-item status.

• C-33Federal44-1Report stage

  An Act to amend the Customs Act, the Railway Safety Act, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, the Marine Transportation Security Act, the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Marine Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

  Inter-city passenger rail safety after the Lac-Mégantic legacy and 2024 Ottawa derailment.