FELDSTED -- The constitution was deliberately written to prevent any province from blocking public works that benefit other provinces or Canada as a whole
Federal NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has many valuable attributes, but a knowledge and understanding of our constitution is not among them. The federal government is empowered to override the provinces on public works that cross provincial boundaries but are for the overall benefit of Canada (such as an oil or gas pipelines). The federal government has the power to declare a public work within a province a federal undertaking ... if it is to the benefit of Canada (such as a refinery). The federal government has an obligation, and control, over railways, roads and infrastructure that connects Canada to a sea or inland port, or one province to another (which includes ferries and bridges). As an example, the federal government has constitutional authority and an obligation to build a first-class rail line connecting our transcontinental rail lines to the Port of Churchill. It cannot sell th...