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Clean gas clean gas pump, and some of the tax comes back to your local government File Photo KDG

There is a transfer payment from the gas tax collected by the federal government the Feds just made another instalment of 53 million to be divided amongst the municipal governments in BC.

Merritt BC  has been getting something over 300 thousand dollars per year for the last 3 years and is projected to get the same this year. Money is used for local projects including disaster relief. The  fund is touted as being predictable and is set to run from 2014- 2024.

Like the saying just because red wine is good for you that’s no reason to start drinking so the gas transfer tax is no reason to start burning more gas …

On this Day: July 26th 1891
France annex’s Tahiti.