Ottawa moves up gas tax payments to cities, promises more to come GlobePolitics
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The federal gas tax fund is an annual transfer payment from Ottawa to municipalities that is worth a total of about $2.2-billion annually. Unlike transfers for specific projects, municipalities have much more flexibility to decide how the funds will be used. Toronto Mayor John Tory said ahead of Mr. Trudeau’s comments that from his understanding, Monday’s announcement does not address the primary concerns of cities.
Yet Parliamentary Budget Office Yves Giroux told the House of Commons committee on government operations and estimates that his office is unable to find a list of all 52,000 projects mentioned by the government.
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