COVID-19-related revenue losses and expenses.The announcement was made Friday morning by Finance Minister Eric Girard, Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Andrée Laforest and Transport Minister François Bonnardel.Public transit agencies will benefit from $1.2 billion in financial assistance.
An added $800 million was announced on Friday, with $400 million previously announced in June.“We have enhanced the assistance to support public transit organizations to maintain the level of service that the public expects,” said François Bonnardel, Quebec transport minister.The global pandemic has hit Montreal’s mass transit system hard.Last week, Simon Charbonneau, a spokesperson for the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM), told.