A tax that I believe should be implemented is a municipal gas tax. The main purpose of it is to tax those who chose to use our municipal roads the most, such as the ones who choose to live in the houses(mansions) on the outer ends of the city.
Inner city residents, who obvisouly drive less on a day to day basis, would end up not paying as much as outer-city residents would. As a result, this would encourage higher rates of inner-city residency, and atleast attempt to address the issue of urban sprawl in Calgary.
This tax would further encourage evironmentally-friendly modes of transportation, such as bike riding, carpooling and public transportation. This would result in less congestion on city streets (and Lord knows we need that).
The additional funds that would be generated from this tax would then be used to finance the building of new train stations and other infrastrucutre initiatives.
The main purpose of this is then to tax people who use the roads the most.
Just some food for thought.
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