As part of this year's pre-budget consultations, the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance called for long-term dedicated transit investment as a strategy to meet current and future needs related to infrastructure expansion and renewal, as well as the creation of new transit systems.
Dedication of a portion of the federal Gas Tax Fund to public transit, a new Public Transit Fund that is permanent and predictable, continuation of transit eligibility for broad infrastructure programs such as the Building Canada Fund, along with implementation of the long-awaited tax exemption for employer-provided transit benefits, constitute the primary elements of the submission.
