At this point I think you have to consider the provincial funding dead and do what you can to secure as much of the federal funding as you can and build anything productive.
Which means BRT, because it would be incredibly foolish to build an LRT entirely predicated on future extensions in this environment where you cannot trust your funding partner(s) - federal funding as probably about to become similarly precarious.
Give the Province conditions and a deadline for their funding. When they fail to do so, draw big black X over their logo on all of the GL signs in the city. At least they'll have a scapegoat for going back to busses (though I honestly believe it would offer better service than these stub line plans before even considering the lower cost).
NDP platform needs to offer a permanent fix for transit capital projects. This ad hoc approach is garbage.
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