Rob Shaw: All stick, no carrot in B.C.'s housing strategy (The Orca)

There were always supposed to be two parts to BC’s municipal housing strategy: the carrot and the stick.

The stick has been in wide use since 2023, when the province began whacking municipalities with binding targets and deadlines on housing construction. But the carrot? Well, that promised financial aid for roads, water, sewers, transit and other critical infrastructure never quite materialized.

The latest to express frustration at the BC NDP’s ‘beatings will continue until morale improves’ municipal housing strategy is Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart ...

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