The joint provincial/territorial statement on the fund is that, well, provinces and territories feel they should have a hand in the spending. Needless to say, that’s got provincial noses out of joint. It’s happening in Winnipeg: the federal Housing Accelerator Fund could supply up to $192 million to the city, if the city agrees to remove or bypass some regulations that could delay the projects. The federal government is asking individual municipalities to apply for funding that would move projects that meet federal housing goals ahead quickly.įederal Housing Minister Sean Fraser has plenty of reasons not to want to deal with provincial governments. Last week, a group of Canada’s premiers issued a joint statement about new actions by the federal government to address housing shortages: instead of simply anteing up money to the provinces to deal with housing, the federal government is bypassing the provinces, instead choosing to make specific deals with municipalities. Or, on a baser level, it’s like something from an old Peanuts cartoon, where Lucy says, “Believe me, Charlie Brown, this time I’ll hold the football so you can kick it…” She never has, and she likely never will. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.
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