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Originally Posted by Fuzz
The fairest way would be a per km charge based on vehicle weight, but that would mean having some way to monitor that, with all the privacy issues that go with it. You could reduce gas taxes so they are more of a straight carbon tax, and charge petrol vehicles the same way. Maybe every year you need to have your km read, like you need a smog check in some places.
We kind of stumbled into a fairly balanced system through fuel taxes, given larger vehicles consume more and pay more, but now we need a new system entirely.
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I would be for a straight KM used cost - kind of like how you claim vehicle expenses but in reverse. Say 5 cents a KM or something.
This could be done in the background and you are sent a bill once a year / month for your cars usage. Destination information could be stripped out of the info stream and you are just charged on Raw KMs.
Problem I see with the above is when you are registered in SK but drive in AB does your tax money go to SK or do we need to tag mileage used with location and the money dispersed that way?