Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Toll Roads and Highway Financing

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Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Toll Roads and Highway Financing

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    • Select Committee on Toll Roads and Highway Financing

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      Dates of existence

      1955-1957

      History

      Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established September 8. 1955 and was chaired by John P. Robarts. It submitted its final report to the Legislature on February 19, 1957. The committee recommended tolls on the Burlington Skyway, which were in effect for one year only, and an increase in the gasoline tax.

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      The expansion of road construction in the province began to outstrip the ability to pay through general revenues during the 1950s. The Legislative Assembly established this Committee in 1955 to investigate the revenue potential for toll roads, bridges and highways to offset this deficit.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA23

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

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      Ontario. Legislative Assembly controls Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Toll Roads and Highway Financing

      Dates of relationship

      1955-1957

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      CA402

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Wayne Crockett