A levy on landlines once covered the cost of operations, but with fewer homes using landlines, the pool of funding has dropped each year
The board of the Capital Regional District wants the province to implement a new levy on cellphones to fund the region’s emergency communications system.
On Wednesday, board chair Colin Plant was asked to work with Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth on the levy to generate revenue for CREST. Currently the CRD, which has an agreement with CREST to provide an emergency communications system for the region, funds about $1.7 million of the organization’s $8-million budget.
CRD finance committee chair Susan Brice said regardless of what happens at the UBCM, the CRD should act.
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