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The Gas Tax Fund

7 Nov 2016

This document provides an overview of the GTF, including the growth of the program since its inception, categories of expenditure eligible for funding, and a summary of funding agreements. [...] The GTF was launched with Budget 2005,3 which announced an allocation of $5 billion over five years, starting in fiscal year 2005–2006.4 Budget 2007 announced that the federal government would extend the GTF to provide $2 billion per year to municipalities from 2010–2011 to 2013–2014, for a total of $8 billion.5 In Budget 2008, the federal government announced that the GTF would be extended beyond [...] The total amount is distributed on a per capita basis to the provinces, territories and First Nations, but a minimum level of funding is assured for the least populated regions and is set at an amount equal to 0.75% of the total funding, or $78 million over five years (see Table 2).14 The federal government provides the GTF funding to provincial and territorial governments, which in turn make allo [...] Canada–Manitoba • 90% on a per capita basis to ultimate recipients • 9.5% on a per capita basis to the transit communities of the City of Winnipeg and the City of Brandon • 0.25% for an application-based Small Communities Transportation Fund • 0.25% to cover administrative expenses Canada–Saskatchewan • Each municipality will receive an allocation, on a conditional basis, based on census data (201 [...] The government of Nunavut will consider a Capital Funding Agreement for each Tax Based Municipality and will confirm the eligibility of a range of eligible projects included therein.
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11
Published in
Ottawa, ON, CA

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