Issue - Marijuana

  • Recognize municipal governments in implementing Canada's national agenda
  • Use as models agreements with Winnipeg and Vancouver to extend cooperate partnerships among all levels of government across Canada
  • Decide by the end of the year on sharing a portion of the federal gas tax, or its financial equivalent
  • Beginning in 2005, the amount will be ramped up within the next five years to five cents per litre, or at least $2 billion
  • Stimulate assisted housing by providing a further $1 to $1.5 billion over the next five years
  • The budget included a new deal for cities that will provide municipalities with GST relief that will mean up to $7 billion over the next 10 years
  • Accelerate the $1-billion Municipal Rural Infrastructure fund for spending over five years, instead of 10
  • The Liberals announced it would be giving $350 million over five years to help fund public transit upgrades in Toronto
  • New funding of $4 billion over 10 years to clean up federal contaminated sites
  • Transfer at least 3 cents of the gas tax to the provinces to be invested in infrastructure
  • Divert half the federal gas tax to municipalities to build infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists
  • Restart a 10-year national housing program to build 200,000 affordable and co-op housing units
  • Tax incentives for developers to develop and restore downtown buildings
  • Use profits made by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to underwrite low-interest mortgages for affordable housing
  • Provide incentives for employers to provide transit passes as part of benefits
  • All municipalities should receive a full refund on the GST and a portion of the federal gas tax for green transportation infrastructure
  • Start a national building retrofit program for conservations and energy efficiency, paid for through future energy savings
  • The NDP supports a permanent infrastructure program to protect the water supply
  • Allocate 1 per cent of Federal Government spending ($ 2 billion per year) to social/affordable housing
  • Negotiate an agreement to give municipalities a share of the tax revenues
  • Create new funding networks for more locally-run housing, childcare and health programs
  • Support grassroots movement to create municipal charters
  • Allow cities to license smaller, more efficient vehicles and exercise more control over transportation policies
  • Introduce a fund for local and municipal procurement of electricity meters, through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities