Vancouver transit referendum

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Vancouver transit referendumOpen image in modalIn July, voters overwhelmingly rejected a 0.5 per cent increase to the provincial sales tax that would apply regionally to Metro Vancouver and fund the Mayor’s Council Transit Plan.

The defeat leaves Metro Vancouver with no long term public transit plan at a time when the population is expected to grow by one million in the next 30 years.