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Originally Posted by cheswick
Carbon taxes:
Gas - 5.23 cents/litre.
Diesel - 6.71 cents/litre.
Natural gas - 4.74 cents/cubic metre.
Propane - 3.87 cents/litre.
Cut in highway spending by $152-million to $350,000 from $502,000 last year.\
Below inflation increases to education and health. 5 new schools being built (one of which I believe is at the corner of templeton and pipeline because amber trails school which is 3 blocks away and which was open only 3 years ago is already over capacity and they're bussing kids who live a min away to other schools).
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The government can't increase spending at the rate of inflation if they hope to lower the deficit.