B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau says cuts to subsidies the province gives to oil and gas industry could help fund free public transit
B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau reacts to the budget speech during a press conference at the legislature in Victoria on Feb. 22, 2024. Furstenau has announced a plan to make all public transit in the province free.The Greens are making free public transit one of the party’s promises ahead of B.C.’s Oct. 19 election, she said Thursday.
“I think transit is a gift,” she said in an interview. “It’s a gift of time. It’s a gift of freedom. It’s a gift of mobility.” Furstenau said cuts to the subsidies the province gives to the oil and gas industry could help fund free public transit. The Greens said that doubling the number of buses and increasing frequency and routes would double operational expenditure of BC Transit from 2024/25 onward, initially requiring an extra $300-million per year.
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