Ontario delivers long-awaited gas-tax revenue to cash-strapped cities
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) - The Ontario government finally made good Friday on its long-awaited promise to start siphoning millions in gas-tax revenue to municipalities desperate to fix crumbling infrastructure and underfunded transit systems.
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TORONTO -- Mayors from 10 of Canada&#39;s largest cities have agreed to wait three years for a promised increase in gas-tax revenues from the federal government.
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The leaders of Canada&#39;s big cities have wrapped up a two-day summit in Toronto by presenting their proposal for the federal gas tax revenues.
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REGINA (CP) - Windfall oil and natural gas revenues and federal transfers will help Saskatchewan post a healthy surplus despite millions of dollars in new program spending.
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Electricity shortages and gas supply problems predicted to push bills up.
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Some companies score profits by collecting tax breaks to move to certain states.
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EDMONTON  Investors thirsting for a steady stream of cash flow are about to be offered units in the Liquor Stores Income Fund.
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Life in America's third-largest city is already expensive: Motorists pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation, and shoppers get hit with sales taxes higher than those in New York or Los Angeles. Now it could get even worse.
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Under the edict, prices of oil products, natural gas and electricity will be frozen in the near term along with public water bills and transportation tickets.
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Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara said government spending and revenue rose almost equally in the first six months of the fiscal year, leaving the provincial budget deficit unchanged
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Under pressure to reduce greenhouse gases, top Canadian officials are pushing for the government to follow California&#39;s sweeping plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks.
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TORONTO -- The mayors of Canada&#39;s biggest cities are telling Ottawa to step on the gas when it comes to delivering the fuel tax back to cities.
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The Ontario government plans to ban cigarettes from public display and raise the taxes it levies on them as the province seeks to make its anti-smoking laws the toughest in Canada, the Globe and Mail reported.
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The state transportation secretary said yesterday that taxing drivers based on how much they use their cars, to supplement the gas tax that helps pay for highway projects, is an experiment worth a look in Massachusetts.
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The Federal Government says the big-city mayors request for a share of the federal gas tax revenues is too rich. Over the weekend, the mayors from Canada&#39;s 10 biggest cities, including Ottawa, said they&#39;re
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The Ford Motor Company is rolling out a new $1 billion manufacturing plant for Oakville, Ontario, in a move expected to create thousands of new jobs.
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It&#39;s hard to believe that there was a time when the Ontario government could gamble on getting the money it needed from the tax base.