A provincial government plans to raise the gasoline tax to give people an incentive to drive less, reducing traffic congestion in the long term
However, skeptics point out that most people in the province live in areas where cars are the only viable transportation to jobs and stores and ttherefore cannot greatly change their driving habits in response to higher gasoline prices
The revenue from the tax will be used to make public transportation a viable means of transportation to jobs and stores for far more people.