Federal Funding LRT

Q86: By the end of 2016, will the federal government announce that it will agree to pay at least $975 million for Ottawa's Phase 2 LRT Project?
Yes: 65%
No: 35%
(A campaign promise counts if the party making the promise forms the government after the election.)

The City of Ottawa is currently planning Phase 2 of its LRT (Light Rail Transit) project (Phase 1 is under construction).  Based on the phase 1 funding, the city has suggested that the cost be allocated equally between the city, the province, and the federal government.  The province has pledged to provide funding, while the federal government has not clearly done so.(see here and more recently here).  The city is planning on making a "formal" funding request in early 2016.

I think that the federal government will eventually provide funding for the LRT, if it proceeds according to plan.  That seems to be the "default" position.  The current reluctance to announce funding is probably due to the early stage of the planning for Phase 2 LRT.  It is possible that the city LRT Phase 2 planning process will be sufficiently delayed that federal funding may not be announced by this question's end date.