My feeling is that, if there are tax cuts, the local government ends up paying.
People do not understand the situation. When federal taxes go down, provincial taxes go down; when provincial taxes go down, municipal taxes go up. For me, that is logical, obvious and clear.
People have to understand that, if they want a healthy community, they have to face the fact that a tax cut means that the federal government has less money to help our forest industry and our community economically. We live on a two-lane Trans-Canada Highway. The highway is in its worst condition in Ontario, because it is four lanes everywhere else. The railway is in decline. It is in poor condition. There are resources in the north, but we have no access to them. Is anyone concerned about the people in the north? That is where the government should be looking if it wants to see the big picture.