My deputy minister, Ms. Melhorn, advises me that we generate about $16 million in fuel tax. I am not sure what the dollar value is in terms of actual investment in new roads and repair of the roads but I know that the Department of Transportation's budget is somewhere in the region of about $86 to $90 million on an annual basis. I do not know, off the top of my head, how it is divided up but Mr. Antoine could probably give me a ballpark figure of what we put back in the highways and roads. We generate $16 million which we then put into general revenues which are then calculated in our overall fiscal framework and then is redistributed, as other taxes are, through the envelope system. At the end of the day, the fuel tax is not necessarily specific for reinvestment in the roads as Mr. Steen is suggesting. He is correct. The people are correct.
John Todd on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 4th, 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 3rd, 1998
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