“You can’t have a federal government going into a certain town or certain city and dumping funding and not even discussing it with the province,” Ford said in Halifax at a meeting of Canada’s premiers on Monday.The program in question is the Housing Accelerator Fund, a $4-billion pledge meant to incentivize municipalities to update their zoning and permit systems to allow for faster construction of housing.
Mayor Bonnie Crombie reversed the decision using strong mayor powers in hopes of getting the federal government to reconsider the funding. “We look forward to hopefully them changing their mind not surprising each and every one of us one morning when they're in A-B-C town, dropping millions of dollars, when that's not their jurisdiction. That's our jurisdiction,” he said.The Ontario government has also set up a three-year, $1.2 billion fund to provide municipalities up to $400 million per year if they meet certain housing targets.
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