Brandon-Souris Benefits From An Early Investment Under Canada’s Economic Action Plan

Gas Tax Funding Payments Accelerated For Second Year in a Row

Brandon, April 29, 2010 – Merv Tweed, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris announced that the Government of Canada is providing a Gas Tax Fund payment to Municipalities in Brandon-Souris nearly three months early, to help communities invest in local infrastructure and make the most of the spring and summer construction seasons. 

“This is the second year in a row that the Government of Canada is accelerating our Gas Tax Fund payment here in Brandon-Souris,” said Tweed. “This advance payment shows that our Government has listened to municipalities and cut red tape to help accelerate infrastructure projects and create jobs.”

In addition to an advance payment, in 2009 the Government of Canada announced that Gas Tax Fund payments to communities would double, and the Fund would be a permanent, long term measure after 2014.

The Gas Tax Fund represents stable, long-term, predictable funding that municipalities can pool, bank or borrow against for investments in municipal infrastructure such as drinking water, wastewater, improved roads, bridges, and public transit projects.

Since the launch of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the Government of Canada has worked with other levels of government to accelerate an unprecedented number of infrastructure projects across the country, through several key infrastructure programs.