Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli is disappointed that a Tory proposal to expand the gas tax rebate to all towns and cities has failed. Fedeli says only communities with transit systems will continue to get money from the program. The money comes from taxes we pay at the pumps but Fedeli says the current criteria for who benefits is unfair because everyone with a car or truck buys gas and pays gas taxes. Fedeli says both the Liberals and NDP voted against a Private Members Bill from the Progressive Conservatives to expand the beneficiaries. He expects the transit rebate program to be an election issue next year.
