Schula Leonard: TransLink should offer free service for students under 18 in Metro Vancouver

A Burnaby teacher we know took her class on a field trip every day last week because it was the only week of the year when TransLink offers free service for students under 18.
Were she fortunate enough to work in Edmonton, or Toronto, she would have had the entire school year to do field trips with no worries about transportation or cost: in Edmonton and Toronto transit is free for kids (to age 12 ) all year long. Parents there only have to fundraise for destination entry fees and far more paren