標題: NDP candidate wants carbon tax used to fund big projects [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-1-17 07:20 標題: NDP candidate wants carbon tax used to fund big projects
NDP candidate wants carbon tax used to fund big projects
Focusing on transportation
Dave White Jan 17, 2011 06:52:15 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - If elected, he's hoping to use the carbon tax to pay for long-awaited transportation projects in Metro Vancouver.
The idea comes just a few years after the NDP opposed the carbon tax and demanded it be revenue-neutral. Now leadership candidate and Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth wants to see revenue generated and that money used to pay for things like the Evergreen Line and the North Fraser Perimeter Road.
Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini says it's about time someone got on board with the idea. "If you want to collect a governed tax to encourage people to park their car, then you have to encourage them to take public transit."
The provincial government says very preliminary work is underway on the Tri-Cities transit line, but TransLink is still short its $400 million share.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-1-17 07:21
