JOHN FELDSTED -- Taxpayer funds to buy votes in major metropolitan centres -- meddling in provincial affairs
CBC NEWS: Ottawa to invest $1.3 billion in Blue line extension -- the investment corresponds to about a third of the expected total cost CLICK HERE to read this story It is hard to know where to begin with what is wrong with this announcement. For starters, it is just in time for the fall federal election. Local infrastructure is a provincial jurisdiction. The federal government has no constitutional authority to spend money on local infrastructure unless: The subway connects Quebec with another province or port; or The subway is of benefit to two or more provinces; or The subway can be declared of benefit to Canada as a whole. Secondly, we have to look at populations and shares of cost. When sort through that: The City of Montreal is putting up about $1.995 billion Quebecers living outside of Montreal are putting up about $1.497 billion; and Canadian living outside of Quebec are putting up about $1 ...