Canada's federal government has made one of its biggest infrastructure moves in years, pledging to spend nearly $10 billion to accelerate five transit projects in Ontario as a COVID-19 economic boost, in a long gestating deal among federal, provincial and local officials.
Ottawa plans to pump most of the money, about $8.5 billion, into four Toronto-area projects to cover 40% of their cost, with the remainder to be spent on light rail in the city of Hamilton, 50 miles south, which the province had previously cancelled due to cost hikes.