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- Support the Federation of Canadian Municipalities request for at least $250M/year in dedicated infrastructure funding starting in 2028-29.
- Reduce interest rates to municipalities on loans for infrastructure projects.
- Double current funding to municipalities.
- Allocate at least 1% of GST to housing & other municipal infrastructure.
● Support the use of city charters to give greater autonomy to cities.
● Make changes to the Canada Infrastructure Bank to reduce interest rates to municipalities on loans for infrastructure projects.
● Institutionalize federal transfers to municipalities through the creation of a Municipal Fund, renaming the Gas Tax funds, which were delinked from gas tax revenue years ago, and retaining the same eligibility as the Gas Tax funds.
● Ensure a permanent doubling of current funding to ensure predictable and reliable funding to municipalities.
● Allocate one per cent of GST to housing and other municipal infrastructure on an ongoing basis to provide a consistent baseline of funding.
● Answer the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ and Vancouver Mayor’s Council’s call for a permanent, dedicated federal public transit fund of $3.4 billion annually starting in 2026-2027, once the existing transit program expires.
● Commit to a multi-year solution to transit operating shortfalls in order to protect and secure shared investments in building out Canada’s transit networks for the decades to come.
— Be Daring., retrieved 2021-09-11