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While [Stephane Dion] said he's sympathetic to mayors who rely on property taxes which don't "grow at the same speed as the economy" for revenue, he called a permanent gas-tax transfer a "good first step."
Dion cast himself as a prime minister who would "fight" to ensure the municipalities had their needs met "on transit and other infrastructure needs.""For the GTA and other university regions to prosper, we need to reverse those cuts," he said. "We need to keep our universities first class universities in the world."See the full content of this document
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Dion Promises to Make Gas-Tax Transfer Permanent
By Tobi Cohen
TORONTO -- A federal Liberal government would make permanent the current five-year deal that transfers a portion o...See the full content of this document
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