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economist sunsuntribune municipal news saturday june i8 2005 s will reach prime minister announces gas tax plan in richmond hill by roy green staff writer with gasoline prices rising above 90 cents a litre in richmond hill fri day prime minister paul martin came to town to share a portion of the gas tax with ontarios munici palities mr martinjoined provincial and municipal officials in formally sign ing his new deal for cities and com munities which will provide 19 billion for ontario transit and infra structure projects over the next five years the formula based on popula tion will eventually provide federal fax revenues of more than 746 million a year to ontario munici palities and according to infra structure minister john godfrey funding will continue beyond the fiveyear period m the regional government will get half the 23 million earmarked for york this year and the nine area municipalities will share the rest the 19 billion isontarios share of the 5 billion fiveyear funding announced in februarys federal budget the rules stipulate the money must be used for environ mentally sustainable projects a second agreement signed fri- day stems from the liberalndp budget deal and commits up to 310 million for ontario transit projects over two years about two- thirds of that for the ttc the regions share of the federal this is a national project for our time for far too long municipalities have been working off a 19th century blueprint paul martin prime minister gasoline tax rises to 92 million in 2006 and will total 535 million by 2009 according to regional chair person bill fisch it begins to add up in only a few years mr fisch said the money can be used for transit transporta tion water or waste water and other greentype projects well likely be spending it on transit thats a major thrust for us fridays announcement in front of scores of federal provincial and municipal politicians and bureau crats complements provincial leg islation directing 680 million in gas taxes over the next three years for transit projects in 2007 the regions share of gas money from the two senior levels of government will top 21 million the deal highlights a new rela tionship between the three levels of government mr martin said this is a national project for our time he said for far too long municipalities have been working off a 19th century blueprint this agreement recognizes our municir palities for what they are mature accountable governments that can be trusted to use gas tax revenues to improve the quality of life in their communities by 09 bringing canada ontario the association of municipalities and the city of toronto to the same table shows the new deal for cities is about more than money federal infrastructure minister john god frey said but opposition mp peter van loan said fridays other agreement providing up to 310 million in transit funding doesnt go far enough that money basically runs out in 18 months mr van loan the york simcoe tory mp said following the announcement municipalities need a longerterm deal two of every three of our tax dollars go to the federal government but we still get an overwhelming amount of our services from the province we need to see more effort to address this fiscal imbalance issiort yreen community meetings townwide green bin collection begins week of july 4 2005 members of markham council invite you to a community information meeting detailing markhams new mission green recycling program unanimously supported by markham council the new collection program is the key to markhams plan to divert 70 of our waste from michigan landfills green bins will be distributed to ail markham households west of highway 48 between june 13 and 24 every green bin delivered will contain important program information and a new collection schedule green bin collection starts the week of july 4 2005 the expanded blue box and green bin organic material will be collected weekly whats left over residue waste will be collected every two weeks learn more about your new collection program at the mission green community meetings for more information call 9054157535 patej c6utfcillprvi ward location iv vir vi time al june 20 dan horchik 6 markham civic centre 101 town centre boulevard 700 pm june 22 erin shapero 2 thomhill community centre 7755 bayview avenue 700 pm june 23 stan daurio r heintzman house bay thorn royal orchard 700 pm june 23 joseph virgilio 3 markham civic centre 101 town centre boulevard 700 pm june 30 john webster 5 st andrews united church 32 main street markham 700 pm staff photosteve somerville rkham wwwmarkhamca prime minister paul martin reacts after richmond hill mp bryon wilfert introduces him as jean chretien at the announcement of new federal support for municipalities at the elgin west commu nity centre in richmond hill friday ontario municipal affairs minister john gerretsen left and federal infrastructure minister john godfrey also find the blooper amusing i interest ls 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