While Quebec City is still evaluating the possibility of a new tax on registration, Mayor Bruno Marchand is indicating he could go ahead even if elected officials of the Quebec Metropolitan Community (CMQ) don't follow through.
If Quebec City wants to move forward with this tax for 2025, it must make a request to the Société d'Assurance Automobile du Québec (SAAQ) by May.
A notice of intent was sent to the state-owned company last week, but the Quebec mayor reiterated that the decision is not final. No decision has been made, we are working with the metropolitan community to see what the views of other mayors are.
If the City of Lewes also challenged the SAAQ last week, it looks like it will be difficult to reach a consensus on the CMQ between now and May. In the pages of Everyday Life the sunThe mayor of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmours announced last month Don't want to go there
and tax registrations to finance public transport.
The municipal elected officials of the seceded city voted unanimously for a resolution that no new tax would be levied on registration.
A little earlier
I found the Mayor of Saint-Augustin moving very quickly. Before we decide, shall we talk together? Every mayor has the right to his opinion, but before making a decision and being official, we need to talk. It's a little early today
The mayor of Quebec judges.
It is not ruled out that elected representatives should not go it alone under any circumstances CMQ They don't want to do the same in their territory.
Bruno Marchand, Mayor of Quebec
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If we can't come to a consensus, let's see if we, Quebec City, can do it alone.
Mayor Marchand adds that if he moves forward, this new tax will only serve to stabilize the capital transportation network's operating budget. Let me be clear, we cannot take 100% of this money to cover the deficit. Part of this money should be used to provide new services to the population.
Lack of leadership
Although he is partial to a tax on registration, the Leader of the Opposition prefers to be part of a regional perspective.
Mayors of other cities seem reluctant to come on board. For me, this is very problematic. There is a type of leadership that the mayor is failing to exercise. I am uncomfortable with a tax like this being levied only on Quebec City citizens
Drops Claude Villeneuve.
Claude Villeneuve, leader of Quebec First
Photo: Radio-Canada / Marc-Andre Turgeon
Failure to succeed in mobilizing other cities on this failed. […] At the regional level, there are instances of absurdity when not thinking in collective terms. This is a big problem.
He emphasized that the majority of the population of the municipalities under the crown of Quebec regularly use the municipal infrastructure.
Quebec City is not alone in considering a tax on registration to finance public transportation, which the Quebec government has approved at the end of 2023. Gatineau, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières also have this new tax.
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