• RandAlThor
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    23 days ago

    It’s not automatic that provinces will follow the Feds. But the Feds have sticks and carrots to motivate provinces. It’s politics. What provincial government wants to be seen BLOCKING a federal program to create more housing? That’s one of the sticks - politics through the media.

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      22 days ago

      Certain provincial governments have developed a tendency to scream “but jurisdiction!” about any federal policy that might affect them, whether or not it’s useful or justified to do so and regardless of what other stimuli are applied.