Mark Carney announced $51 billion in infrastructure spending last week. In the same week, Ottawa cancelled a $12 million housing deal with Red Deer, Alberta — a city that had completed every federal requirement, eliminated restrictive zoning, reduced permitting times, cut development fees, and finished public consultation. Ottawa cancelled the deal because Red Deer's community said no to one blanket zoning requirement after proper democratic process. When Toronto did the same, the deal was maintained.
That gap — between what this government announces and what actually reaches Canadians — is where tax dollars disappear.
In this episode, Kelsi Sheren covers:
— What the $51 billion announcement actually contains and what questions it doesn't answer
— The full Red Deer Housing Accelerator Fund story and what it reveals about federal housing policy
— Why announcement culture is the real accountability crisis in Canadian federal politics
— Five specific things that real accountability architecture would require
— The pattern of governance that Canadians need to understand and demand better from
The Kelsi Sheren Perspective covers Canadian political accountability and federal spending — daily. This episode pairs with Episode 1 on Carney's 29% Question Period attendance rate.
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