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Prince Rupert Regional Information
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At left Gord
Usher asks question about application of the Regional District’s zoning
Bylaw. For example
several (Sandspit) properties zoned Residential have gone into the business
of renting out facilities to Tourists/ Sport fishers – some along with
‘illegal’ trailers etc on their properties Requires more
research by staff to address |
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Gas Tax monies
as Cash Cow – See no Evil |
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Hey
here is a great idea – use public funds intended to reduce GHG emissions,
improve air or water quality (Gas
Tax Fund) for local dump closure ---something that has to be done anyways
– but use Federal rather than local $$ to do it --- saves on local taxes and
‘we’ can argue it is really meant to clean up the water/ fish habitat But
is it an Eligible Project? |
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Here is from
the UBCM- Federal agreement |
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Long
document available
as html or as PDF Version
(Size: 428 KB) Dump Closures not eligible
per se – but we will just green wash the project |
Eligible
Projects
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Above
excerpted from
PDF |
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But does it meet
the criteria? Presumably arguing it will reduce environmental impact – but is
it incremental to what has to be done anyways? |
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(Ab)use of
Green Tax Fund part 2 – Oona River uses it for fixing up the recreation
facility |
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I have taken item left from a previous page where SQCRD committed to using Gas Tax Funding for upgrade --- there are 2 problems here: Oona River does not own the building (School District 52 does) therefore ineligible for Gas Tax $$$ (perhaps they fudged a little believing they could buy it from the District – but eventually had to settle for a lease) While there might
be some argument that Gas Tax Fund used for insulation or some such – hard to
see how it qualifies as an Eligible Project (though Tourism
facilities OK for Building
Canada Fund) The 2nd
problem is that Gas Tax Fund rebates done on a per capita basis – thus Oona
river population 20 gets to use the money while Reserves etc get nada –
previously I called this new style Neo-Colonialism |
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Here I argued that SQCRD dividing into Rural
areas etc stemmed from Gas Tax $$ ‘ And links there
where ‘irony’ is that most the population Electoral Areas is First Nations while
Oona River (population 20) spends the $$ thus a form of Neo-Colonialism and see my earlier on Paddy Greene as using ‘code
words’ Here is a note at
end this file in June 2009 the
Gas Tax $$ had increased to $308,837 but noted could only be spent on ‘specific
projects’ |
See my
previous on inequities of Gas Tax monies |
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Here
is my first mention Gas Tax $$
then 159T$ to SQCRD Then
Feb 2008 where Gas Tax – at that time
for Water treatment Dodge Cove and Port Clements – both legitimate uses At
this meeting in October 2008 SQCRD
was pledging next 4 years of Gas Tax $$ to Oona River Tourism facility upgrade
Last
November SQCRD file list the projects
– including Sandspit and Oona River Community Hall facilities |
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SQCRD |
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Mussallem
spoke at length during last Friday meeting about short comings of Local
Elections Act – where according to him the rules for reporting expenses etc
too complex and incomprehensible – others agreed and added that the
requirement to have a separate bank account was unreasonable in some rural
communities where no facilities available locally etc Here
is the web site for the ‘Election issues’ reform |
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Created by LG on 25/2/2010
Last updated on Thursday, February 25, 2010