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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Which one of those taxes is collected by the municipal government? AFAIK, gasoline taxes are federal and provincial, and licensing and registration is provincial. The bulk of the money spent to build and maintain roads in Calgary comes from the municipal government, so I'm paying just as much as anyone else for them even though I don't use them.
IIRC, Calgary Transit must make 60% of its annual operating budget back from user fees. The other 40% is subsidized by taxpayers, whether they use transit or not. On the other hand, 100% of the municipal roads budget is covered by the taxpayers.
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Its hard to say who pays more. The province/ottawa pays the most for major roads, the city for side streets. As for transit the stat I saw earlier this year said every ride costs $7 and that taxpayers pay the majority of it.