Stephen Hazell
Opinion - Letters
The Globe and Mail
Re “The art of no deal: Canada’s only winning move is not to play” (Oct. 29): In an economic sense, to “repair the roof” should mean investing in homes and communities to save money for Canadians and create local jobs today.
Programs to invest in home insulation, heat pumps, solar panels and local electricity distribution all reduce carbon emissions and demand for expensive fossil fuel and nuclear energy megaprojects. Even expedited under new federal laws, major projects won’t improve affordability for years, if ever.
Repairing the roof is a path to a more productive, competitive economy. The budget could support economic roof repair.
But more likely, tens of billions of dollars will be spent subsidizing megaprojects, and the rains will continue to pour in on Canadian households.
Stephen Hazell Ottawa