I understand that , I also understand that successive governments have poorly managed gas taxes that were supposed to be used for road maintenance . That is not true , at least , not in Qubec , where gas taxes go into a fund that pays only for roads and other transport infrastructure . The federal gas tax is different . Regardless , the fact is that gas taxes are paid on every liter of gas bought in Canada , regardless of how it is used , yet the gas tax money goes to the funding of provincial highways , mostly freeways which are tremendously expensive . The result being a transfer of wealth from city and small town residents to suburban residents , whose livelihood is thus subsidized . Road tolls are the only way to make people who use the most expensive roads pay for them . The fact a lot of people oppose such tolls even if they would be revenue neutral , compensated by a fall in gas taxes , shows that people who drive on these roads KNOW they ' re getting way more out of the deal than they ' re putting in .