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A minority federal government will give the City of Ottawa no assurances that the municipality’s long-term infrastructure plans will be backed by enough MPs.

But the fact that the next federal government will be a Liberal-led minority should put city hall at ease, at least for the short term.

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City politicians and management will hope that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can find a way to govern with the help of other parties and keep the money flowing for major infrastructure projects, such as the expansion of public transit.

The hope being it can lock down any kind of funding commitments early in the term in case another federal election comes around sooner than later. In a minority government, it’s a real threat whenever a federal budget rolls around.

The city wants more money to build affordable housing units, put more anti-gang cops on the street, repair municipal assets and prepare for severe weather tied to climate change.

More than anything, the city wants billions of dollars for LRT.

City hall has an environmental assessment finished to extend LRT from Moodie Drive to just north of Stittsville in a Stage 3 O-Train project. Another environmental assessment just started to extend LRT from Algonquin College to Chapman Mills Drive in Barrhaven and the study is projected to be done in 2020. You need to have a completed environmental assessment to have any hope of securing upper-government money.