The Ontario Liberals are offering discounted transit prices if elected to lead the province.
“Buck-a-Ride” transit program is an offering to voters as an incentives for the June provincial election. The move is touted to help in “reducing gridlock and greenhouse gas emissions while making life more affordable for Ontario families” in a written statement from Liberal leader Steven Del Duca.
If elected to Queens park, municipalities would see the difference in revenue made up by the province as the Liberals plan is expected to cost $710m in 2022-2023, and over $1.1b for 2023-2024.
The Liberals plan outlines that the Buck-a-Ride program would take an average of 400,000 cars off the road each day.
In Del Duca’s written statement, it indicates that despite having a similar name to Doug Ford’s campaign platform of Buck-a-Beer, it was noted that “the lowest priced beer on the LCBO website is $1.65”.