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Re- differences in CPC/LPC housing policy
nationalpost.com
If you believe in one there's not much room for extreme criticism of the other, they're pulling the same levers. To be frank- a broken clock IS right twice a day, and to give credit where due, despite all of their recent failings the current LPC housing policy is actually pretty good.
Negative to the LPC - spending more money we don't have, and exacerbating overall deficit picture
Negative to the CPC - withholding money based on performance that's outside of municipalities direct span of control risks worsening the problem by hampering infrastructure investment
Beyond that you get into the nuance of the appropriateness of the Feds pulling strings directly on municipalities, and whether or not the intervention should have been more proactive and sooner.
Edited Addition- there's an ironic ideological knot to be untied with the LPC housing accelerator. At the sharp end it's forcing conservative principles onto the municipalities, reducing regulation and enabling free market solutions. But in terms of implementation it's been argued that it's a jurisdictional overreach bypassing the provinces and acting all big government, and it's 4B in deficit spending.
The surprising similarities — and key difference — between the Conservative and Liberal housing plans
One housing analyst described the Conservative policy as a stick approach, while the Liberal policy is just a carrot-shaped stick.
nationalpost.com
If you believe in one there's not much room for extreme criticism of the other, they're pulling the same levers. To be frank- a broken clock IS right twice a day, and to give credit where due, despite all of their recent failings the current LPC housing policy is actually pretty good.
Negative to the LPC - spending more money we don't have, and exacerbating overall deficit picture
Negative to the CPC - withholding money based on performance that's outside of municipalities direct span of control risks worsening the problem by hampering infrastructure investment
Beyond that you get into the nuance of the appropriateness of the Feds pulling strings directly on municipalities, and whether or not the intervention should have been more proactive and sooner.
Edited Addition- there's an ironic ideological knot to be untied with the LPC housing accelerator. At the sharp end it's forcing conservative principles onto the municipalities, reducing regulation and enabling free market solutions. But in terms of implementation it's been argued that it's a jurisdictional overreach bypassing the provinces and acting all big government, and it's 4B in deficit spending.
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