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yup... do not give the government once cent, just directly give it to the conservative party, I am sure they will make sure it will trickle down.....
So now that we are not paying for highways through gas tax, can we get road tolls please?Apparently, you're getting a reduction............not so sure about massive.........or wise........
Doug Ford says 5.7-cent gas tax cut is coming before next year's budget
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will meet its promise to cut gas prices by 5.7 cents before the next budget.toronto.ctvnews.ca
How do you toll every highway in the province? This isn't just a GTA/controlled access highway issue.
I suppose a toll on every controlled-access highway, as a surcharge, could work. That is essentially what happens now; although the up-front infrastructure charge would be significant, and likely seriously impact things like tourism and the cost of goods. Every rig carry goods entering at Windsor or the Quebec border would have to pay, and if is somehow engineered to be revenue neutral, then the concept of 'surcharge' kinda goes out the window.
They already ask for the odometer reading at license plate renewal time. No proof, just your "written" word.
I honestly don't care about whether we toll rural highways. Leave them untolled. Toll any highway that is regularly congested.
You could mandate that at any transfer of ownership, the odometer must be read/recorded during the safety inspection and the road toll would have to be trued up at that point. Could also mandate a minimum renewal fee based on the average VMTs each year, and a rebate applied at any transfer of ownership. Otherwise you could get the odometer read at a Service Ontario location. Would only be worth it for those with big differences. Or require that the odometer reading be recorded physically every 3-4 years.
I actually like the idea of a reading being part of a safety inspection, but that can be awfully infrequent. For anything fee that purports to be on a 'per-use' basis, it needs to be halfways contemporary and accurate. I'm not a fan of using some sort of broad average because it is so broad, and departs from its 'per-use' basis and just becomes an arbitrary fee - kinda like we already have.
