Billions in federal financing to vanish
So $2.7 billion in federal infrastructure financing is about to go poof if neither Montreal nor Quebec propose any projects to be funded.
So $2.7 billion in federal infrastructure financing is about to go poof if neither Montreal nor Quebec propose any projects to be funded.
Blork 10:51 on 2022-10-28 Permalink
I could use a kitchen reno.
Kate 11:29 on 2022-10-28 Permalink
Well, write up a proposal! Just don’t include a breakfast bar.
jeleventybillionandone 17:20 on 2022-10-28 Permalink
Aren’t there projects like the affordable housing conversion near Parc metro that are idle for want of funding?
Kate 08:46 on 2022-10-29 Permalink
That’s what I’ve wondered too. News stories about obvious projects idle from lack of cash. Is it simply that nobody can write up a coherent proposal? Some technical difficulty about ownership?
Joey 08:52 on 2022-10-29 Permalink
The federal funds only flow if other levels of government are chipping in money as well. Presumably the QC bureaucrats who manage the province’s various infrastructure programs will get their ducks in a row in time to trigger federal investment.
Kate 12:41 on 2022-10-29 Permalink
How many federal benefits have been blocked by successive Quebec governments since 1976? We pay federal taxes, but I wonder how much sheer Quebec intransigence has prevented us from getting back.