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Canada’s new infrastructure minister hinted cities may pay less for future public transit projects.

Speaking in Montreal Wednesday morning at the annual conference of the Canadian Urban Transit Association, Amarjeet Sohi said it may be time to revise a common practice of having the city, province and federal government each pay for one third of new projects.

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“The previous government has worked on one-third, one-third, one-third agreements; we will sit down with our partners to see the appropriateness of that arrangement,” Sohi told a reporter after addressing the CUTA conference.

During his speech, Sohi said that for the health of Canada’s economy and the environment, new public transit projects are urgently needed. However, he recognized that cities have a limited capacity to pay.

“Out of each dollar a Canadian pays in taxes, municipalities only get six cents,” Sohi said. “Those six cents are not enough, and that’s why all the levels of government have to work together.”