As we said before, the degree of downloading since 1985, the date you mentioned earlier, is a significant burden on the municipalities. It stretches the property tax beyond what it was intended to do and stretches the municipal coffers so they can't continue to provide the kinds of services and the range of services that Canadians expect--and deserve, frankly. As I said before, I'm not casting stones at one order of government or another with respect to downloading, and I'm not wanting to diminish the value of the gas tax or the value of the economic action plan, but the downloading has been significant.
On October 3rd, 2011. See this statement in context.