"Be it resolved that toll routes are necessary in Canada." Toll routes are roads which one pays a fee for use and they are needed in Canada. Firstly, we are not debating to impose tolls on all existing highways, nor are we suggesting to build a new set of roads entirely devoted to collecting tolls; rather, toll routes are necessary in that the current method of highway maintenance is not working and toll routes can …showed first 75 words of 570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 570 total…the federal government has only provided $2.2 billion to the provinces for roads and highways. Provinces east of Ontario have received $1.96 billion or 89% of the federal funding, while Ontario has received only $96.5 million of the total, or just less than 4.4%. Provinces west of Ontario shared the remaining 6.6%. This is not enough money, and furthermore, its distribution is poorly managed. Toll routes will fix this problem of money distribution and contribute to raising funds to maintain highways.