Province adjusts transit fee for the disabled, but keeps bus pass costs
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is cancelling an annual $45 administration fee for disabled people who buy bus passes, but it won’t drop monthly transit charges.
The provincial government website confirms the administration fee has been eliminated, but fees for a monthly pass that cost between $52 and $66 remains.
The monthly pass, which replaced a $45 annual pass, was announced in the Liberal government’s February budget.
Advocates have accused the province of trying to clawback most of a $77 monthly increase in benefits that’s slated to go into effect later this year.