Discussion question:
Are relationships between Conservative politicians and Developers/Development causing any difficulties for Conservative politicians?
Does support for Development (build, build, build) result in more or less political support?
Does the public want municipalities like the City of Mississauga to give up careful planning and zoning in favour of any housing anywhere by any Developer?
Resources:
"Tory leader's speech focuses on housing and inflation"
"If an election were held tomorrow, polls suggest Pierre Poilievre would defeat Justin Trudeau and become the 24th prime minister of Canada."
Ourcommons site: Federal Conservative motion in Parliament to punish municipalities like Mississauga that stand in the way of Developers
Twitter / X tweets:
"- Impose a NIMBY penalty on big city gatekeepers for egregious cases of NIMBYism. We will empower residents to file complaints about NIMBYism with the federal infrastructure department. When complaints are well-founded, we will withhold infrastructure dollars until municipalities remove the blockage and allow homebuilding to take place.
- Reward cities who are removing gatekeepers and getting homes built by providing a building bonus for municipalities who boost homebuilding."
"BREAKING: Local gatekeepers are shutting people out of homeownership. I'm putting them on notice. If I'm PM, there'll be financial consequences for big city politicians who engage in gatekeeping or NIMBYism. Join, vote, build more houses"
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