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Originally Posted by jeremy_haak
I don't see why the federal government has to be involved. Both OCtranspo and STO operate on both sides of the river now, and the federal government would actually be seriously overstepping its constitutional authority by getting involved in municipal transit.
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But the federal government IS involved. Its decisions of where to put workplaces are deterministic as to where transit service has to be provided. No transit project can be proposed around here without seemingly involving some federal land. It also has jurisdiction over new river crossings as well as over interprovincial transit/transportation services.
Maybe what's required is something like Transport for London, which looks at everything, not just transit.
So long as the body is empowered not just by the federal government but by the two provincial governments as well, it would have all the authority it required.