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Originally Posted by Rerun
My understanding is that P3 Canada is a Parent Crown Corporatation, just like the CBC, the Business Development Bank of Canada, CMHC, etc., etc.
Is this a mistake that P3 Canada made as a result of not quite understanding its mandate from the federal government (as in telling Calgary that it was ok to apply for funding when it really wasn't) or is this something where the federal government changed the rules that P3 must follow, in midstream (after Calgary had applied for funding)?
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Changing the rules "mid-stream" would be an understatement. They deleted sport infrastructure from eligibility in the middle of the mayor's press conference eviscerating them!
It's ridiculous to say that P3 misinterpreted their mandate since their mandate was tabled in parliament and required cabinet approval. P3 Canada approached the City to pursue this funding specifically
because it was for recreational facilities. Members of the Calgary Conservative caucus, were well aware of this application for two years - before it was cancelled by the PMO (after unanimous P3 board approval). The reasoning you repeated was the exact malarkey that Kenney and others spouted after (once they actually started talking at all).