Bloc Montréal says campaign to lower state sales tax to Montreal as part of fundraising for free public transit service during rush hour .
Vote Brock Montreal in Fall State Elections says Quebec will share provincial excise tax cuts with Montreal, impose a $5 congestion charge on non-resident vehicles entering the island, and fund free public transit service during rush hours The party announced Thursday when it comes to a vote for
"Bloc Montreal was established to represent Montreal citizens in the National Assembly and to promote financial and political autonomy (of the city)," party leader Ballarama said. Holness in front of Montreal's Sherbrooke Street W.
office in downtown Montreal.
Holness, who ran for mayor of Montreal on a platform calling for Montreal to become a bilingual city-state in last year's mayoral election, said: His new provincial party's fiscal plan proposes leaving the city 20% of his Quebec Sales Tax (QST) revenues generated from the sale of goods and services in Montreal.
The party's estimated tax revenue injection is $2 billion annually, plus an estimated $500 million in annual revenue generated by congestion tolls for his $6 billion local authority in Montreal. 's operating budget, he raises to $8.5 billion.
Additional funds are available during rush hour from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Holness said. Additional Montreal revenues will also help finance public housing, sports and recreational facility construction, infrastructure repairs, after-school programs, parks and green spaces, he said. Most of these are at least partially funded by subsidies from state and federal governments, but the financial autonomy afforded by QST cuts will allow cities to It means being able to address immediate needs, he said. He said.
Congestion charges are also in line with Montreal's environmental policy, which he calls to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040, Holness said. He was surrounded by some of his 11 candidates announced by his party so far.
Earlier this week,Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante presented his list of pre-election wishes to the state parties in the upcoming campaign. In Montreal's New Fiscal Agreement. Her request includes a cut of her QST in Montreal.
In the 2018 state elections, François Legault, leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, elected with a pledge to give points of his QSTto municipalities in the state. Exercised, he pegged it at $1.3 billion. Other party leaders have made similar promises. A year after he was elected prime minister, Legault said he meant "one point growth" in the QST, not "his one point in the QST."
Legault plans to hold the October 3 elections by the end of August.
Janusz Kaczorowski, Professor and Researcher in Family Medicine, Epidemiology, Psychology and Sociology at Sun Candidate for Block Montreal -Henri-Sainte-Anne Riding, a state law passed in 2017 gives Montreal greater autonomy and authority over public housing, tackling homelessness and integrating immigrants is a “financial It's a little paper tiger because there's no support."
The CAQ government is asking the federal government to strengthen state powers and autonomy, he added Kaczorowski.
"We do exactly the same thing," he said. "We are not asking Montreal to be a city-state, we are asking [to have] financial and political autonomy."
Bloc Montréal's The recurring message is that Montreal is an economic and cultural engine in the state, but with CAQ's policies that benefit the region and laws that unfairly and negatively reduce minority rights, including Bills 96 and 21. It was said that there is. Affects Montreal.
"We feel that Montreal needs its presence in Congress."Kachorowski said"(It) needs to have a voice.
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