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Quebec - Prime Minister Paul Martin refused Monday to say whether he will delay calling a federal election because of the sponsorship scandal that has rocked the Liberal government. "There's no doubt that Canadians are entitled certainly to more information than we currently have and we're going to provide them (with it)," Martin said in Quebec City. "But there's a balance that has to be drawn here between that and (the fact) we have a very, very ambitious agenda. Ottawa - The Canadian Urban Transit Assoc. is recommending an increase in gasoline taxes to pay for improvements to public transit. It estimates $21 billion is needed to meet public transit capital programs in the next five years and the federal government could pay its share by increasing gasoline taxes by 1.5 cents a litre. Association president Michael Roschlau said Monday that $7 billion is needed to keep trains and buses up to date. Iquit, Nunavut - Braving weather that included a blizzard that shut schools and day cares in the capital city, voters in Nunavut went to the polls Monday to cast ballots in the first general election since the sprawling eastern Arctic area became a territory. About 11,000 residents were eligible to vote for 82 candidates in 19 ridings in Nunavut, a sparsely populated territory that covers a fifth of Canada and spans three time zones.
