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NDP's Layton promises investments into Montreal transit system.

Canadian Press Article online since August 9th 2008, 23:00
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MONTREAL - The NDP's solution for Montreal's aging public transit system is this: take money from polluters and invest it in solutions.
Jack Layton announced the NDP's plans for Montreal's public transit system on a campaign stop on in the city Sunday. By-elections are taking place in Montreal's Westmount-Ville-Marie riding.
The leader of the NDP promised $591 million in investments over four years for Montreal's public transit.
The money would come from the pockets of polluters by taking one cent from the taxes on each litre of gas sold and also using the eventual carbon trading market.
He said his plans would increase access to public transit without increasing cost.
Numbers released by the NDP say their investments would translate to 1,400 new buses or 267 new metro wagons for Montreal.
Layton was accompanied by Thomas Mulcair, MP for Montreal's Outremount riding, and NDP candidate for Westmount-Ville-Marie Anne Lagace Dowson.
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