COVID-19 pandemic, with up to half earmarked for public transit. Premier Doug Ford said the money, provided in partnership with the federal government, will be doled out in the coming months.
It’s not yet clear how much London, Ont., will receive. Ontario municipalities to receive up to $4 billion from province, feds to offset COVID-19 costs Phil Squire, city councillor and LTC chair, says every transit authority has been impacted by the pandemic and the $2 billion “will really go a long way” to help offset operating revenue shortfalls, resulting in a better economic outlook for both the LTC and the City of London.“Part of (the city’s) shortfall is that the city has been counting in their shortfall, transit.