Measure divided Parti Québécois, may increase city’s chance of regaining NHL team
Transport Minister Chuck Strahl dismisses any use of gas tax revenues to fund an arena in Quebec City.
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.
Greg Weston previews the government’s next move.
The government decides it’s not quite ready to decide on the most important public policy question of our time.
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.