The problem with the plans of Trudeau (bribery) and Poilievre (enacting a law) is that the federal government is encroaching on Provincial and municipal responsibility. One of the take away I have from your article is that the places where this activism has been successful has been at the lower levels of government.
The problem with the plans of Trudeau (bribery) and Poilievre (enacting a law) is that the federal government is encroaching on Provincial and municipal responsibility. One of the take away I have from your article is that the places where this activism has been successful has been at the lower levels of government.
Yeah, obviously, there's a whole jurisdictional can of worms, here. But Canada is not the only place to take a broader approach, here. Montana, e.g., up-zoned at the state level — as have some other states. Ditto for New Zealand.
Frankly, I think a high-level is the only place where you can do this work. Municipalities are behold to the people who already live there — there's no good political reason to consider hypothetical future residents.
This reality was reflected in post-WWII, when Ottawa embarked on a pretty aggressive plan to use the CMHC to build homes for veterans, under a rent-to-own scheme. It was probably not the purview of the federal government, but I don't think people really cared. Jurisdictional squabbles are secondary for most people, I think.
But you're quite right that this is local activism bubbling up.
The problem with the plans of Trudeau (bribery) and Poilievre (enacting a law) is that the federal government is encroaching on Provincial and municipal responsibility. One of the take away I have from your article is that the places where this activism has been successful has been at the lower levels of government.
Yeah, obviously, there's a whole jurisdictional can of worms, here. But Canada is not the only place to take a broader approach, here. Montana, e.g., up-zoned at the state level — as have some other states. Ditto for New Zealand.
Frankly, I think a high-level is the only place where you can do this work. Municipalities are behold to the people who already live there — there's no good political reason to consider hypothetical future residents.
This reality was reflected in post-WWII, when Ottawa embarked on a pretty aggressive plan to use the CMHC to build homes for veterans, under a rent-to-own scheme. It was probably not the purview of the federal government, but I don't think people really cared. Jurisdictional squabbles are secondary for most people, I think.
But you're quite right that this is local activism bubbling up.