Halifax Mayor Mike Savage expected more money for municipalities in Tuesday's federal budget, but it turned out even better that he imagined. Savage was caught completely off guard with the Trudeau government's announcement it would double the amount of gas tax money it is willing to share with cities and towns. But the doubling of gas tax revenue to municipalities for a year "wasn't something that we expected," Savage said. The federal government has earmarked $2.2 billion in a "one-time transfer" to municipalities, through the Gas Tax Fund. 'That's a lot of money'As far as Halifax was concerned, Savage expected the windfall to dramatically increase the municipality's ability to spend on capital projects.

Source: CBC News March 20, 2019 00:33 UTC