[Policy] Supporting Functional Transit to Help Prevent Freezing of Transit Subsidy - Carbon Pricing Coalition
Bill Newman
bill.newman at plumdee.ca
Wed Aug 16 23:47:46 PDT 2017
This is all very nice and green for sure and many of us as individuals
would be on side. But I don't see that it aligns all that well with the
BWin core mission (what we're here for) or core competencies (the things
we're really good at).
If this money were withdrawn from transit would it be available for
cycling support or would it be a precedent for reducing support for
cycling too? I have no idea. But we really should have some idea if we
are to wade in on this issue.
We would also have to be careful how much group energy we want
allocate to this campaign.
That said, I can see a simple post on the website or a comment on
Facebook urging people to look at the Functional Transit website and
consider the issue as a move back towards private automobiles and away
from public transit, cycling and active transit in general. Can we spin
that to focus on our priorities in a compelling way?
--Bill
On 2017-08-15 15:57, Mark Cohoe wrote:
> HI Everyone,
>
> I hope your summers have been going well. Sorry for the cross posting,
> but I thought it made sense for this issue.
>
> As you may know, the provincial government is planning to end
> legislation guaranteeing provincial funding for municipal transit
> agencies in Manitoba. Essentially, the current legislation guarantees
> that the province will match municipal funding for any subsidy of
> transit services (operating expenses - revenue). This would obviously
> cause problems for the city as they would have to choose to either
> reduce their subsidy, raise taxes to cover the difference or shift
> funding from other projects/priorities to make up the difference.
>
> Functional Transit <http://functionaltransit.com/>, which lobbies for
> improved transit service and changes to the way that the transit
> service is run, has put together a letter writing campaign and is
> organizing like minded groups to help push for the maintenance of the
> existing agreement. I'm taking part in a meeting this Thursday, August
> 17th to discuss the strategy.
>
> I'm looking for advice/direction on three items:
>
> 1) Should we use our resources (Facebook, Newsletter) to promote the
> letter writing campaign and subsequent planning? I certainly think we
> should.
>
> 2) I'd also like to join with them (and other like-minded
> organizations) to develop a strategy around carbon pricing and
> planning on what to do with the revenues generated from any carbon
> tax, with an emphasis on dedicating monies raised to transit and AT
> (both capital and operating) Ultimately, I think it probably makes
> sense to push towards partnering with the Manitoba Carbon Pricing
> Coalition <https://www.facebook.com/mbcarbonpricing/> on this, but I
> figure it's worth starting with Functional Transit to try and develop
> some common goals before advancing to the bigger group.
>
> 3) From above, you can see that I think it makes sense for us to get
> involved in the Manitoba Carbon Pricing Coalition. What do others
> think, should I start the process?
>
> In terms of the money that would be raised from the carbon tax, it`s
> huge. Our provincial government's decision to stay out of the
> pan-Canadian carbon pricing policy is currently holding up $66 million
> over 5 years, with a very serious threat for that money to be shifted
> into a general fund available to all provinces. But even that is
> small potatoes compared with the money that would be generated by a
> carbon tax.
>
> Here is a partial list of expected carbon tax revenues in Manitoba. It
> leaves out off-road transportation (think agriculture, mining,
> forestry) as well as other agricultural emissions (mainly emitted
> through the use of fertilizer, livestock and manure management) which
> may end up getting exempted or at least dedicated back to their
> respective sectors.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2018
>
>
>
> 2019
>
>
>
> 2020
>
>
>
> 2021
>
>
>
> 2022
>
> Projected Revenues
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Road Transportation
>
>
>
> Gasoline
>
>
>
>
>
> 33.28%
>
>
>
> $34,962,982
>
>
>
> $68,085,806
>
>
>
> $99,368,474
>
>
>
> $128,810,985
>
>
>
> $156,413,339
>
>
>
>
> Diesel
>
>
>
>
>
> 19.17%
>
>
>
> $20,140,292
>
>
>
> $39,220,569
>
>
>
> $57,240,830
>
>
>
> $74,201,076
>
>
>
> $90,101,306
>
> Off Road Transportation
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Stationary Combustion
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Residential
>
>
>
>
>
> 11.28%
>
>
>
> $11,846,500
>
>
>
> $22,446,000
>
>
>
> $31,798,500
>
>
>
> $39,904,000
>
>
>
> $46,762,500
>
>
>
>
> Commercial & Institutional
>
>
>
>
>
> 13.26%
>
>
>
> $13,927,000
>
>
>
> $26,388,000
>
>
>
> $37,383,000
>
>
>
> $46,912,000
>
>
>
> $54,975,000
>
>
>
>
> Manufacturing
>
>
>
>
>
> 11.13%
>
>
>
> $11,694,500
>
>
>
> $22,158,000
>
>
>
> $31,390,500
>
>
>
> $39,392,000
>
>
>
> $46,162,500
>
> Pipelines
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2.33%
>
>
>
> $2,451,000
>
>
>
> $4,902,000
>
>
>
> $7,353,000
>
>
>
> $9,804,000
>
>
>
> $12,255,000
>
> Solid Waste
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 9.56%
>
>
>
> $10,041,500
>
>
>
> $19,026,000
>
>
>
> $26,953,500
>
>
>
> $33,824,000
>
>
>
> $39,637,500
>
> Total Revenues
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 100.00%
>
>
>
> $105,063,774
>
>
>
> $202,226,375
>
>
>
> $291,487,804
>
>
>
> $372,848,060
>
>
>
> $446,307,145
>
>
> Unlike the $66 million, the Federal Government has promised that any
> money raised by the carbon tax will stay in the province it was raised
> in. The catch is that unless the province joins in on the Pan-Canadian
> pricing policy, the Federal government will decide how it is spent,
> not the provincial government. That may be a good thing or a bad thing.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
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