Comrade Miller Best Pray NDP Gets A Majority Or

The second coming of Christ. It looks like both the liberals and conservatives won't buy his begging plan.......

Dion rejects cities' call for 1 cent of GST
Municipalities undaunted by lack of support from Liberal leader `because we're right,' says Miller
June 04, 2007
John Spears city hall bureau

CALGARY–The day after municipal leaders from across Canada voted to ask the federal government for what amounts to a share of the GST, Liberal leader Stephane Dion said he cannot support the request.

But Toronto Mayor David Miller, who led the charge for the "one cent" campaign says the municipalities will win in the end "because we're right."

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says that towns and cities need the federal funding of about $5 billion a year to fix crumbling roads, transit systems, sewers and water mains. Toronto's share would be $400 million.

The amount is equivalent to diverting one percentage point of the GST to towns and cities – one cent of the six-cent tax on each dollar spent.

But Dion told reporters after a speech to the convention that the federal government needs the money to fight poverty.