Quebec City arena
National Assembly passes controversial Quebec City arena bill
Measure divided Parti Québécois, may increase city’s chance of regaining NHL team
That’s a no, sort of
Transport Minister Chuck Strahl dismisses any use of gas tax revenues to fund an arena in Quebec City.
Someone call Larry Bertuzzi to sort this out
The Conservatives may or may not allow gas tax revenues to be used to build a hockey arena in Quebec City, but the mayor of Quebec City isn’t open to using the city’s gas tax funding to build that arena and he and Quebec Premier Jean Charest are now ready to go ahead without the federal government’s involvement. Regardless, the mayor of Edmonton is upset, the city of St. Catharines is interested and the city of Regina is befuddled.
How to fund an arena for a hypothetical NHL team without really doing so
Greg Weston previews the government’s next move.
‘The door is not closed from the federal government’
The government decides it’s not quite ready to decide on the most important public policy question of our time.
“Bread and circuses, eh?”
As we try to sort out exactly where the Prime Minister stands on federal funding for pro-sports arenas and stadiums—starting, of course, with Quebec City’s proposed new $400-million rink— it’s worth keeping in mind what the opposition parties think of the idea.