Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think one of the important differences between the tax-based and nontax-based communities when it comes to block funding is that the tax-based municipalities are raising a significant amount of revenue through taxation which the nontax-based communities are not. The mill rate for the municipal taxation area is significantly higher than the mill rate in the GTA, therefore, the tax-based municipalities are contributing a significant amount of their own revenues to capital projects. What you are seeing here in the book is only a percentage of the total revenue that would be spent. The municipality itself will raise the remainder through taxation. The other comment I would make is to agree that we are hearing these same concerns about the lack of ability to include community priorities in departments capital plans and that is what we are attempting to do through the Keewatin pilot, to see if we can find an alternative way of having these decisions made at the community level for small nontax-based communities so that they can enjoy a degree of flexibility that currently we can only provide through these block funding arrangements with tax-based municipalities. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Ms. Ballantyne on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 10th, 1998
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