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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
Mr. Clueless dino-mind that disbelieves the veracity of anthropogenic climate change is back again.
anyone care to dig up how much money is spent on the road network every year? If we actually invested in VIA maybe we would have a competitive system that would come closer to paying for itself, rather than the antiquated/unreliable system that shares all tracks with freight trains.
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Shouldn’t you change your name to "de souche"? Via rail trains are like your Avatar “old stock”. Trains in Canada’s stopped being an important people mover in the 1950’s, get over it, it’s not coming back. Road costs are more than paid for by fuel taxes.
The Government of Canada collects about $5 billion per year in excise taxes on gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel[8] as well as approximately $1.6 billion per year from GST revenues on gasoline and diesel (net of input tax credits). The Canada Revenue Agency, a part of the government, collects these taxes.
Collectively, the provincial governments collect approximately $8 billion per year from excise taxes on gasoline and diesel.
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