{"id":21630,"date":"2022-04-20T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=21630"},"modified":"2022-04-20T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:25:24","slug":"higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Government of New Brunswick has allocated $400,000 to the private operator Maritime Bus to help the company cover losses during the pandemic. Photo: maritimebus.com\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CanadaInfo_Transit-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the streets of Sackville, area residents say public transit would benefit people including students and seniors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt would be a good investment, especially for students who don\u2019t have cars,\u201d said Alison Parrell, a student at Mount Allison University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said it could help people access services in Moncton, including medical appointments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt would be nice if there were something for those that don\u2019t have any transportation,\u201d said Susan MacDonald, who lives in Dorchester. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that rural village, having a personal vehicle is practically a must, since public transit there is non-existent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public transportation advocates have criticized the Higgs government for walking away from federal public transit funding earlier in the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottawa is now allowing New Brunswick to use federal funds earmarked for public transportation to pay for roads and bridges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A town the size of Sackville should have public transport connections to Moncton \u201cat last half a dozen times a day,\u201d said Ted Bartlett, president of the volunteer-based advocacy group Transport Action Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t have a car, you can\u2019t get to Moncton conveniently,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from limited services offered by Maritime Bus, \u201cyou can stand out on the Trans-Canada with your thumb out &#8211; or you can have, I suppose, a very expensive cab ride,&#8221; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise, transportation options include limited VIA Rail service and a volunteer-driven charity called Rural Rides Tantramar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lack of public transit to access medical services was among the issues raised by Sackville residents during public consultations on health care led by Minister of Health Dorothy Shephard last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public transportation systems around the world have been rocked COVID-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pandemic saw a major blow to ridership and revenues for agencies including Codiac Transpo, the municipal bus system in Greater Moncton.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to divert federal money away from public transit in New Brunswick prompted criticism from the Canadian Urban Transit Association, a group representing the public transportation sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, CUTA president Marco D\u2019Angelo said: \u201cAllowing New Brunswick to help people drive more instead of taking public transit is wrong.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted the decision comes after the recent release of a federal climate plan that speaks about \u201cthe importance of public transit in the fight against climate change.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial government has only spent 1.4 per cent of $165 million available to New Brunswick to invest in public transit, according to CUTA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Brunswick has more than $392 million in federal money still unspent under an infrastructure agreement signed four years ago, the Telegraph Journal reported last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the provincial government turned down an interview request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the province announced it had allocated $400,000 to privately-owned Maritime Bus to help the company cover losses during the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s on top of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/maritime-bus-funding-comes-through-but-province-misleads-about-where-its-coming-from\/\">$720,000 the company received <\/a>last year to maintain routes in northern New Brunswick. That amount included economic recovery funds from the feds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maritime Bus website indicates there\u2019s only one round-trip between Moncton and Sackville on a given weekday, with one-way adult fare at $14.25.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview, company owner Mike Cassidy said there isn&#8217;t much demand for passenger service between Sackville and the Metro Moncton area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maritime Bus operates primarily as an inter-city transportation service geared towards long-distance travel, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassidy, who is based on P.E.I., said he agrees with advocacy groups calling for increased urban-rural connectivity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that public transit expansions are underway on P.E.I., where the provincial government has launched rural routes with $2 fares known as \u201ctoonie transit.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bartlett, the public transportation advocate, also pointed to the P.E.I. example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat it\u2019s doing is getting people out of their cars and into a more sustainable form of transportation and saving them money in the long run, and that\u2019s good news,\u201d he said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the streets of Sackville, area residents say public transit would benefit people including students and seniors.&nbsp; \u201cIt would be a good investment, especially for students who don\u2019t have cars,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":21631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[472,492,482,558],"tags":[93,275,870,346,869],"class_list":["post-21630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-daily-news","category-front-page","category-weekly","tag-chma","tag-new-brunswick","tag-public-transit","tag-sackville-new-brunswick","tag-transit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0 &#187; CHMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Voice of the Marshes, Campus &amp; Community Radio in Sackville, NB\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending\ufffc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0 &#187; CHMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Voice of the Marshes, Campus &amp; Community Radio in Sackville, NB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending\ufffc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CHMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chma1069\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-20T20:13:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-20T20:25:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Gordon Koch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@chmafm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@chmafm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Gordon Koch\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Gordon Koch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6e012d04786198d6c16ce8f95ffff265\"},\"headline\":\"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-20T20:13:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-20T20:25:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":685,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/MaritimeBus.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CHMA\",\"New Brunswick\",\"public transit\",\"sackville new brunswick\",\"transit\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Community News\",\"Daily News\",\"Front Page\",\"Weekly News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0 &#187; CHMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/MaritimeBus.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-20T20:13:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-20T20:25:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"Voice of the Marshes, Campus & Community Radio in Sackville, NB\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/MaritimeBus.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/MaritimeBus.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"The Government of New Brunswick has allocated $400,000 to the private operator Maritime Bus to help the company cover losses during the pandemic. Photo: maritimebus.com\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/\",\"name\":\"CHMA, Voice of the Marshes\",\"description\":\"Campus &amp; Community Media in Sackville, NB\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CHMA, Attic Broadcasting\",\"alternateName\":\"Voice of the Marshes\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Copy-of-Untitled-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Copy-of-Untitled-2.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1920,\"caption\":\"CHMA, Attic Broadcasting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/chma1069\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/chmafm\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/chmafm\\\/?hl=en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCcceKMRnvDBdWEqVBY3EWWA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/CHMA-FM\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6e012d04786198d6c16ce8f95ffff265\",\"name\":\"David Gordon Koch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42fda3fe9b5a25cef42575f4dd03a90ab19fc4ba919e292f2fee0ddb575ce80a?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42fda3fe9b5a25cef42575f4dd03a90ab19fc4ba919e292f2fee0ddb575ce80a?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42fda3fe9b5a25cef42575f4dd03a90ab19fc4ba919e292f2fee0ddb575ce80a?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"David Gordon Koch\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chmafm.com\\\/welcome\\\/author\\\/davidkoch\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0 &#187; CHMA","description":"Voice of the Marshes, Campus & Community Radio in Sackville, NB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending\ufffc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0 &#187; CHMA","og_description":"Voice of the Marshes, Campus & Community Radio in Sackville, NB","og_url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending\ufffc\/","og_site_name":"CHMA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chma1069\/","article_published_time":"2022-04-20T20:13:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-20T20:25:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"David Gordon Koch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@chmafm","twitter_site":"@chmafm","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Gordon Koch","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/"},"author":{"name":"David Gordon Koch","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/6e012d04786198d6c16ce8f95ffff265"},"headline":"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0","datePublished":"2022-04-20T20:13:02+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-20T20:25:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/"},"wordCount":685,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg","keywords":["CHMA","New Brunswick","public transit","sackville new brunswick","transit"],"articleSection":["Community News","Daily News","Front Page","Weekly News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/","name":"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0 &#187; CHMA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-20T20:13:02+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-20T20:25:24+00:00","description":"Voice of the Marshes, Campus & Community Radio in Sackville, NB","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MaritimeBus.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"The Government of New Brunswick has allocated $400,000 to the private operator Maritime Bus to help the company cover losses during the pandemic. Photo: maritimebus.com"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/higgs-government-attracts-criticism-over-transit-spending%ef%bf%bc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Higgs government attracts criticism over transit spending\ufffc\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/","name":"CHMA, Voice of the Marshes","description":"Campus &amp; Community Media in Sackville, NB","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#organization","name":"CHMA, Attic Broadcasting","alternateName":"Voice of the Marshes","url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Copy-of-Untitled-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Copy-of-Untitled-2.png","width":1920,"height":1920,"caption":"CHMA, Attic Broadcasting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chma1069\/","https:\/\/x.com\/chmafm","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chmafm\/?hl=en","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcceKMRnvDBdWEqVBY3EWWA","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CHMA-FM"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/6e012d04786198d6c16ce8f95ffff265","name":"David Gordon Koch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42fda3fe9b5a25cef42575f4dd03a90ab19fc4ba919e292f2fee0ddb575ce80a?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42fda3fe9b5a25cef42575f4dd03a90ab19fc4ba919e292f2fee0ddb575ce80a?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42fda3fe9b5a25cef42575f4dd03a90ab19fc4ba919e292f2fee0ddb575ce80a?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"David Gordon Koch"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.chmafm.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/author\/davidkoch\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21630"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21648,"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21630\/revisions\/21648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}