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Originally Posted by whitev70r
BC is a provincial example of this. The BC Libs say they are going to tear up all the Massey tunnel contracts if they win an upcoming election. The NDP tore up the Massey bridge contracts when they took power from BC Libs. The Massey bridge would have been completed at the end of this year had they continued with original plans. Waste ... waste ... and more wasted of our tax dollars not to mention that nothing to show for it. It's still the shitty tunnel with the worst traffic jam in the city for commuters.
There should be some sort of law that an incoming party cannot undo any contracts of previous governing party.
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Given how much construction costs have inflated these days, I'd be surprised if the new massey tunnel project isn't at least 50 to 100% more expensive than the bridge would have been.
I feel like projects of a magnitude that could span multiple changes in government need to be managed by some non-elected impartial third party entity.
Like, I don't think there should never be a chance to cancel projects, there could be very valid reasons to re-evaluate a project. But the new ruling government should not be able to simply wave a wand and say "Cancelled". It should be pretty difficult and they should have to make a very compelling case to this management entity that would have to vote on it.