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Mayor says additional provincial sales tax revenue would benefit infrastructure
REVENUE from an added one percentage point of provincial sales tax would benefit municipal infrastructure, Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz suggested Thursday without going so far as to formally endorse the idea.
This weekend, Manitoba's New Democrats will debate a labour-sponsored motion to hike the provincial sales tax by one point to help municipalities whittle away at their infrastructure deficit.
Katz, who has been asking the province to slice off a share of PST for municipal infrastructure since 2007, said he would support such a tax if the proceeds were truly dedicated entirely to infrastructure -- provided voters endorse the idea in a referendum.
"If the public is happy with the condition of our roads, community centres and our pipes underground... they can make the (decision)," Katz said from Saskatoon, where he was at the big-city mayors' caucus at the annual Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference.
At that gathering, the mayors of Canada's largest cities or their representatives said the provinces and Ottawa need to share more tax revenue to replace municipal infrastructure.
"There was complete unanimity," said Katz, repeating his assertion municipal infrastructure has reached a crisis point and other levels of government must do more to help.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition June 1, 2012 B2
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Updated on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 9:06 AM CDT: Headline corrected
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