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Thread #100059   Message #2001552
Posted By: bobad
19-Mar-07 - 08:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Government Bows to Pressure(UK)
Subject: RE: BS: Government Bows to Pressure
Today's budget in Canada does include a gaz guzzler tax and incentives toward the purchase of fuel efficient vehicules, don't know about the other stuff though.

Gas-guzzling vehicles face new fees under Flaherty budget
Mike De Souza, CanWest News Service
Published: Monday, March 19, 2007

OTTAWA — New fees for gas-guzzling vehicles, rebates for their fuel-efficient counterparts, and a tightening of tax regulations for petroleum producers are among some of the key environmental measures introduced Monday in Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's federal budget.

While consumers who buy or lease fuel-efficient vehicles could benefit from rebates of up to $2,000, motorists who buy gas guzzlers could see the price tag increase by $1,000 to $4,000 because of a new "green levy on fuel-inefficient vehicles.