Transit users will pay more in taxes and fees under a $7 billion transit and transportation infrastructure deal between the Mayors' Council and the province of B.C. history and one of the largest ever across this nation," said Mayors' Council chair and Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan. Corrigan says there was a heated debate around the Mayors' council table over where the money should come from. Federal government's roleOttawa committed $2.2 billion in transit funding for Metro Vancouver in last year's budget. Derek Corrigan defeated Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson to become chair of the Mayors' Council last December.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2018 22:05 UTC