Idk about Canada, but what you usually see in the UK is that tens of millions of pounds get spend before a single brick is laid.
Money disappears into consultations, reviews, studies and reports of dubious value, the paperwork keeps piling up and it takes years before the public sees anything tangible, if the project ever gets built at all.
Someone somewhere is getting very rich off this, but it ain't the taxpayer.
Money disappears into consultations, reviews, studies and reports of dubious value, the paperwork keeps piling up and it takes years before the public sees anything tangible, if the project ever gets built at all.
Someone somewhere is getting very rich off this, but it ain't the taxpayer.