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Mayors looking for ways to generate TransLink revenueOct 7, 2015The leaders of Canada's three main parties have promised hundreds of millions of dollars for transit projects, but that money could go to waste because local politics has meant mayors don't have a way to pay for their third of the bill. -
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Metro Vancouver transit plebiscite cost more than $5 million, says Elections B.C. reportSep 22, 2015 -
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TransLink executives out after voters say NoJul 14, 2015 -
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Burnaby resident wants to raise money to help TranslinkJul 3, 2015
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Burnaby resident wants to raise money to help TranslinkTwenty-three-year-old Burnaby resident Mitchell Sayers has started an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for TransLink after the transit tax failed to pass.Jul 3, 2015
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Transit plebiscite: Analyzing the voteWhile Metro Vancouver mayors are left scratching their heads over how to raise money for transit improvements after voters rejected the congestion improvement tax, a new survey looks at why people voted the way they did.Jul 3, 2015
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‘Referendums to raise taxes are hard to win’: BaldreyGlobal BC's Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey gives some quick takeaways from Thursday's unsurprising defeat of the plebiscite proposal to hike the sales tax to pay for transit improvements in Metro Vancouver.PoliticsJul 2, 2015
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Reactions to transit plebiscite results pour inReactions from different stakeholders from across the region are coming in.Jul 2, 2015
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Transit plebiscite results: No side wins with 62 per centThe transit plebiscite results are in and Metro Vancouver residents have cast their ballots.Jul 2, 2015
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UPDATE: Transit plebiscite results to be released this morningElections BC is expecting to announce the voting results for the 2015 transit plebiscite before the end of June.Jul 2, 2015
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What if? Implications of transit-tax vote resultsResults in the Metro Vancouver transit plebiscite are set to be released shortly. Here's how the results might unfold.Jun 28, 2015
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Critics say TransLink move an example of wasteful spendingCritics say a plan by TransLink that was supposed to save money is actually costing taxpayers more.Jun 15, 2015
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Yes side spends $5.8 million in transit plebiscite campaignProponents of a multibillion-dollar plan to upgrade transit services in Metro Vancouver spent just over $5.8 million promoting a Yes vote during a recent plebiscite, although one critic is calling that figure a whitewash.PoliticsJun 12, 2015
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Nearly half of mailed transit-tax ballots receivedElections BC says its has received and screened nearly 45 per cent of the transit-tax plebiscite packages mailed to Metro Vancouver residents two days before voting closes.May 27, 2015
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