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Originally Posted by New Era
If they only had a large scale project they could use to piggyback on to force the province and Feds to act on the cleanup.  |
Nice try. CalgaryNEXT was probably the worst way to force the province/feds into acting on the cleanup.
First, any conceptual project coming along in general is the dream scenario for the province/feds because it probably means the city or the developer will just say "**** it we'll do it ourselves". The only way you're forcing the province/fed's hand here is the environmental and "right thing to do" angle.
Second, cost/schedule objectives are perfectly opposed. CalgaryNEXT wants fast. Province/feds would want low cost. Unfortunately the fastest method is the most expensive while the lowest cost method is the slowest.
Third, after they gave Edmonton nothing, do you honestly believe the province is going to take on the political grenade of trying to explain that funding the remediation for a new Calgary arena is "totally different I swear" than funding the arena itself. Not a chance.