General Politics Discussion

[danbrotherston]

On the housing file, we have found that municipalities and provinces (the tiers of government that actually approve and build housing) seem to think the ideal new number of houses is as close to 0 as possible.

Does that mean the Feds can never increase immigration? Do NIMBY provinces have this permanent veto? I think we see that veto show up in all sorts of places in this country, from natural resources to housing - as the tiers of government keep fighting each other to protect their little fiefdoms.

Provinces have the most power to change our daily lives - the Premiers have just learned that it's easier to avoid big, expensive decisions and trust people's lack of civics education when they blame Ottawa for every pothole, crumbling hospital, and jammed highway instead.

Can you explain your point a little bit? There are so many already approved projects that are not going to be built as planned any time soon. Also the number of purpose built rentals currently under construction or recently completed is a fair amount. In addition I come across infill projects in so many parts of Kitchener where at a minimum 1 house is being replaced by 2 homes. Not to mention recently announced provincial housing grants for meeting new build numbers. 

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/10063...aster-fund

I think the best argument/evidence for this is that municipalities almost always push to reduce the number of houses built in all developments proposed. They insist on changes that reduce the number of units.

I don't actually think it's so straight forward as to say that "municipalities" as a whole want 0, but it is clear that many in government see reducing the scale of new developments as a good thing.