We welcome your comments on any Daily News articles you see here. Every Friday, when applicable, we’ll post the best reader comments of the week. If you’d like to submit comment on any news item you see on this site, click on “Comment on this article” at right. If you’d like your comment to be considered for this space, be sure to include your name and, preferably, your home town or municipality.
“‘User-pays’ concept urged for rural Prairie roads,” July 14
Read Also
China seeks improved ties with Canada amid rising trade tensions
China called on Friday for steps to improve bilateral ties with Canada, saying there were no deep-seated conflicts of interest, following a spike in trade tensions with many of Beijing’s Western trade partners this year.
This article is under the assumption that we want to truck grain all over the place. CN and CPR should pick up the tab from the profits of their free land they used for railroads until it wasn’t convenient. — T. Jones
“‘User-pays’ concept urged for rural Prairie roads,” July 14
I think this is a bad idea. The truckers who haul grain to the elevators will be charged extra tax. Do you really think they will just eat that extra cost? It will just be pasted onto the farmer. Either way the farmer will be paying higher trucking costs or more taxes from government and RMs. There is no winning. — Mark Thoner
