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(SAMPLE LETTER ON RADIO LICENSE FEES SENT TO ALL
NEMBERS OF PARLIAM ENT)

December 12, 1990

Not recognizing that there is a difference between
the delivery of pizza and the provision of emergency
services, the Minister of Communications has
unilaterally cancelled the public sector rate for
municipal radio licenses. Simply put, on that day,
the federal government decided to levy a massive tax
on health and public safety.

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These amendments to the General Radio Regulations

are abhorrent because the municipal services which
require these radio frequencies are of an essential
and emergency nature: fire, ambulance, police and
public works. They are unacceptable because they
impose onerous new burdens on municipalities.

Mo cite one example, the city of Calgary's costs are
projected to rise from $2,500 to $250,000, an increase
of 10,000%. These massive increases come at a time
when pressures on municipal budgets have strained to
the limit their capacity to pay for essential

services.

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