Posted AT 4:48 AM EDT on 31/10/07
GST cut delivers blow to Miller's one-cent campaign
With his pledge to once again cut the GST in his economic statement yesterday, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has delivered an apparent death blow to Mayor David Miller's campaign for a slice of the tax to be pumped into cities.
Mr. Miller's "One cent now!" campaign, launched last year and endorsed by mayors of cities across the country (as well as, more recently, Premier Dalton McGuinty) has been aimed at winning a portion of GST revenues for municipalities.
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