The problem with the Conservatives' plan, as envisioned in Poilievre's private member's bill, is that it's unworkable.
Jennifer Robson did the analysis here, which also includes the fact that the funds Poilievre wants to use for his carrot/stick are directed to provinces and not municipalities.
The problem with the Conservatives' plan, as envisioned in Poilievre's private member's bill, is that it's unworkable.
Jennifer Robson did the analysis here, which also includes the fact that the funds Poilievre wants to use for his carrot/stick are directed to provinces and not municipalities.
Right, both pieces are a perfectly reasonable look at the private member's bill — which is all we really have to go off of. But as Paul points out, a lot of this falls to existing fed-prov agreements: An opposition member can't re-open those deals, a prime minister obviously can.
I don't think anyone is arguing it's *unworkable,* I think the point is that it's somewhere between mis-directed and insufficient (which I argue above) and vague in its mechanics. I think those are all fair criticisms! But the crux of it, that Ottawa needs to crack some skulls in order to get some foot-dragging jurisdictions moving (including the entire province of Ontario) I maintain is good.
The problem with the Conservatives' plan, as envisioned in Poilievre's private member's bill, is that it's unworkable.
Jennifer Robson did the analysis here, which also includes the fact that the funds Poilievre wants to use for his carrot/stick are directed to provinces and not municipalities.
https://www.airquotesmedia.com/quotes/building-sologans-not-housing-22oct2023
Paul Wells also did his own analysis of Poilievre's bill here, and also finds it unworkable: https://paulwells.substack.com/p/small-sticks
Right, both pieces are a perfectly reasonable look at the private member's bill — which is all we really have to go off of. But as Paul points out, a lot of this falls to existing fed-prov agreements: An opposition member can't re-open those deals, a prime minister obviously can.
I don't think anyone is arguing it's *unworkable,* I think the point is that it's somewhere between mis-directed and insufficient (which I argue above) and vague in its mechanics. I think those are all fair criticisms! But the crux of it, that Ottawa needs to crack some skulls in order to get some foot-dragging jurisdictions moving (including the entire province of Ontario) I maintain is good.