Ponoka not backing down in funding fight with province
Rick Bonnett says it’s not just his town that’s being treated unfairly by the provincial government.
Ponoka’s mayor continues to rally support in his push for changes to the grant funding process for rural municipalities after town council made the bold decision in November to withhold education tax revenue from the province over the issue.
The move came after the province told Ponoka to use Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI) funding to pay for a new fieldhouse.
“We took exception with that,” Bonnett explained. “That’s when we decided to start looking at our other options and talking about withholding school tax.”