75.9 cents ....
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Re: 75.9 cents ....
Originally Posted by KA0S
I have a hard time believing that. Got a link? Highways, bridges, repairs ect cost big bucks. Your telling us that the Fed gov only spent 135 mill in the entire county last year on roads? That is chump change man. A new bridge alone will cost 300-400 mill.
And just so you guys know, yes we had a 9 Billion surplus last year but Canada is still in major debt as a whole.
And just so you guys know, yes we had a 9 Billion surplus last year but Canada is still in major debt as a whole.
Consider that the Feds aren't paying for the "Heartland" road expansion. We are when the BC Liberals raised our gas tax by 3.5 cents. The ferries are considered part of the Trans Canada highway, but the feds aren't paying for new boats. On the contrary. They're looking to collect a 25% import tariff on the new boats (over 100 million dollars just for the two Super C class alone). Whether the BC gov. convinces them to drop the import tariff or not is not yet known.
The Federal government has no reason to spend highway money on any part of Canada that's in the west (Manitoba to here). Why would they? We don't have enough seats to vote them in or out. Why is the 401 sixteen lanes while most of Vancouver is four?
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