12-20-2016, 12:19 PM
MidTowner, don't forget that there's a 10c/L federal gas tax as well.
Again SammyOES2, only gas taxes are a direct charge for your use of roads. Everything else is part of a giant pool of money that everyone pays into, and is in no way directly marked for roads, nor is your portion linked to roads, let alone ones you use. Assuming something like a 50L fill up every week, a car will wind up paying (50L x 52 weeks/year x 24.7cents/L) ~$643 a year in gas taxes, which are indeed a direct for-use cost to you. With combined federal/provincial gas tax revenues of ~$13 billion, the average Canadian pays ~$372 a year in gas taxes.
Compare that to a GRT adult rider, who pays $82/month for a pass, or $984 a year in direct for-use costs.
Again SammyOES2, only gas taxes are a direct charge for your use of roads. Everything else is part of a giant pool of money that everyone pays into, and is in no way directly marked for roads, nor is your portion linked to roads, let alone ones you use. Assuming something like a 50L fill up every week, a car will wind up paying (50L x 52 weeks/year x 24.7cents/L) ~$643 a year in gas taxes, which are indeed a direct for-use cost to you. With combined federal/provincial gas tax revenues of ~$13 billion, the average Canadian pays ~$372 a year in gas taxes.
Compare that to a GRT adult rider, who pays $82/month for a pass, or $984 a year in direct for-use costs.