The provincial government is being urged to find an alternative to increasing the gas tax, to pay for rapid transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas.Yesterday a panel appointed by premier Kathleen Wynne recommend an increase of anywhere between three and 10 cents a liter.
Kenora mayor Dave Canfield says such as tax will be a job killer for Ontario.
He says our gas taxes are already 11 cents a liter higher than Manitoba and feels higher gas
taxes will make Ontario less competitive.
Canfield says communities in southern Ontario have other tools at their disposal to fund rapid transit, and they should be looked at first.
