The COVID-19 pandemic has hit municipal coffers hard as cities have watched transit ridership drop along with fare revenue.

A half-dozen members of Canada's Big City Mayors caucus have been in discussions with U.S. mayors in Washington the last few days. They were all there for the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting.

The federal infrastructure minister says his government is willing to cut the strings on new infrastructure cash to help cities repair crumbling roads, bridges, and sewers.