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Quebec arena: Do you think cities should be allowed to use the federal gas tax to fund large arenas?
- February 9, 2011 10:28 AM |
- By POV
Former Quebec Nordiques players gathered for a photo at an October 2010 rally to drum up support for a Quebec City NHL franchise. Speculation about a new arena that could house a pro hockey team has fostered bitter debate. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press)
By CBC News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has a new plan to funnel millions of federal tax dollars into a controversial plan to build a new NHL arena in Quebec City, CBC News has learned.
Sources tell CBC News that the Conservative government is considering allowing part of the federal gas tax revenues to be used for construction of "large entertainment centres" such as the proposed new Quebec City arena.
Cities and towns across the country currently share an annual pot of just over $2 billion from the federal gas taxes collected at the pumps.
While municipalities are free to pick their own projects, the federal government stipulates the gas-tax money can only be used for infrastructure such as roads, sewers and water treatment systems.
Sources say the Harper government is considering simply amending the federal regulations to allow municipalities to spend all or part of their annual gas-tax funds on entertainment facilities such as a new NHL arena.
Read more.
What do you think? Should cities be allowed to use the federal gas tax to fund large arenas?
(This survey is not scientific. It is based on readers' responses.)
By CBC News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has a new plan to funnel millions of federal tax dollars into a controversial plan to build a new NHL arena in Quebec City, CBC News has learned.
Sources tell CBC News that the Conservative government is considering allowing part of the federal gas tax revenues to be used for construction of "large entertainment centres" such as the proposed new Quebec City arena.
Cities and towns across the country currently share an annual pot of just over $2 billion from the federal gas taxes collected at the pumps.
While municipalities are free to pick their own projects, the federal government stipulates the gas-tax money can only be used for infrastructure such as roads, sewers and water treatment systems.
Sources say the Harper government is considering simply amending the federal regulations to allow municipalities to spend all or part of their annual gas-tax funds on entertainment facilities such as a new NHL arena.
Read more.
What do you think? Should cities be allowed to use the federal gas tax to fund large arenas?
(This survey is not scientific. It is based on readers' responses.)
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