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Governments balk at lowering gas taxes to reduce pump prices
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Aug 29, 2005 11:34am |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Monday, August 29, 2005 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As motorists fume over the record cost of filling their gas tanks, governments seem unwilling, or unable, to do much to ease their financial pain.
Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said Wednesday there are no easy answers to the problem of soaring prices at the pumps. "The dilemma is, there is not an easy way to make sure if governments, either federal or provincial, were to change their tax structures, would that actually result in money in the pockets of consumers?" he said in Regina.
Goodale was responding to criticism by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, who has accused Ottawa of profiting from high gasoline prices, claiming it could easily reduce the cost by up to five cents a litre. |
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