AUTOMOTIVE

Road funding top of CAA’s
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THE CANADIAN
Automobile Association
(CAA) has identified its
priority public policy issues
for the next 12 months, and
road funding tops the
agenda.

Delegates to the annual meeting
of CAA met in Ottawa to discuss,
among other matters, CAA’s
public policy. In addition to road
funding, other priority issues on
the agenda include a call for a
federal-provincial conference on
motor fuel taxation, removal of
the excise tax from gasoline and a
number of safety and en-
_vironmental objectives.

CAA has called on the federal
and provincial governments to
implement the National Highways
Policy. The National Highways
System. and standards for the
system’s roads have been agreed
upon. Over 40% of the system is

SOME OF. Canada’s finest
heritage automobiles will
soon cross the provincial
border into’ British Colum-
bia on the final leg of their
national tour. The Cross
Canada Confederation Tour
_is a Canada 125-registered
eveni which re-creates simi-
lar tours in 1967 and 1975.
Eighty-six antique vehicles are
participating in this 38-day event

which began July 11 in St. John's,
Newfoundland, and will conclude

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now below the agreed-upon
standard, and no new funding has
been allocated to the system.
Meanwhile, the United States has
approved $38 billion for a newly
defined National Highway System,
in addition to the four-lane In-
terstate system already in place.

“If Canada is to hold its own
beside our greatest competition, it
is essentia! that we turn our atten-
tion to rebuilding our road infra-
structure,’’ CAA _ president
Michae! McNeil stated. ‘‘This is a
message the federal goverament -
has beer given loud and clear.’’

The federal government recently
received advice from the Hon.
Michael Wilson’s task force on
the Prosperity Agenda Consulta-
tions. Two key recommendations
directly from the Tourism Sector
Task Force call for the National
Highway Policy Implementation
with a fair funding formula and
the elimination of the excise tax
from gasoline.

with a wheel-dipping ceremony in
Victoria on Tuesday, Aug. £8.

Fifteen of the participating
vehicles will make the complete
trip while the others will join and
leave the tour at pre-arranged
stops along the route. At any
given time there will be a mini-
mum of 30 vehicles travelling on.
the tour and ample cpportunity
for photographs and public view-
ing.

The tourers hail from ali walks
of life and various parts of
Canada. Their common bond is a
love of old autos and a desire’ to

Given that over $4 billion is co!-
lected from motorists through the
excise tax and GST on gasoline,
and that only $200 million is spent
on roads by the federal govern-
ment, CAA feels the Task Force
recommendations are both fair
and reasonable. The excise tax,
along with other levies on gaso-
line, is the number-one cause of
cross-border shopping and the
resulting economic pain suffered
by the tourism and retail sectors.
Federal and provincial treasuries
also suffer cross-border shopping
pain through less consumption tax
revenue, lower unemployment,
less income tax revenue and less
corporate tax revenue.

CAA has. further called for a
federal-provincial conference on
motor fuel taxation to determine a
fair distribution of funding for in-
frastructure rebuilding from ail
levels of government and road
users. This is a necessary prere-
quisite for any further funding.

Antique tour celebrates confederation

see Canada--in an antique way.
Vehicles on‘ the tour range in date
of manufacture from 1928 to
1969, from Rolls-Royces to
Volkswagens:

One of thé purposes of the tour
is to promote the old car hobby in
Canada, so owners of antique and
special-interest vehicles are being
encouraged: to bring their vehicles

out to meet the tourers and join in ©

the scheduled events and parades.

Special public events are plan-
ned for Cranbrook (Aug. 13),
Nelson (14th), Kelowna (15th) and
Victoria (18th).

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DATE: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1992

TIME: 7:00-8:30 P.M.

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