The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has long been an advocate of honesty in gas taxes: that taxes collected from the purchase of gasoline and diesel be used exclusively for the building and maintaining of roadway infrastructure.

When the CTF launched its first Gas Tax Honesty Campaign in May 1998, taxpayers were being kicked to the curb by governments overtaxing their consumption and under‐spending on their roads. The federal revenue collected through combined excise and sales taxes far surpassed the amount spent building and repairing roads, as the government of the day funnelled gas tax dollars into pet projects as it saw fit.

Since then, enormous progress has been made, as governments – beginning with the Martin Liberals and accelerating under the Harper Conservatives – have moved to close the gap.....

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By: Derek Fildebrandt
Posted: December 31, 2008
Topic: Federal

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