What do you think of this project?

  • I like it a lot

    Votes: 12 50.0%

  • I like it

    Votes: 11 45.8%

  • I neither like nor dislike it

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • I dislike it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I dislike it a lot

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    24
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Lucky for Boyle Street that Randy B needed some good news headlines with his name attached.
 
I wonder if this announcement let's the Oilers Entertainment Group off the hook regarding money it had agreed to provide if fundraising didn't reach its goal.
 
To play devil's advocate, would Bill 18 even be applicable here? Wouldn't the agreement technically be with Boyle Street Community Services and not the municipality? Or am I misunderstanding how these funding agreements work.
 
husky said:
To play devil's advocate, would Bill 18 even be applicable here? Wouldn't the agreement technically be with Boyle Street Community Services and not the municipality? Or am I misunderstanding how these funding agreements work.
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If that's the case, I wonder if some of these developers will reach their hands out to the Feds to help get money for their projects?
 
husky said:
To play devil's advocate, would Bill 18 even be applicable here? Wouldn't the agreement technically be with Boyle Street Community Services and not the municipality? Or am I misunderstanding how these funding agreements work.
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Is Bill 18 in use yet? Maybe Randy B got it in under ol' Danni's wire? Let me guess, there were ZERO AB folks there? Not even the Housing Minister? If he did, ol' Danni would have his balls in her purse....
 
MacLac said:
Is Bill 18 in use yet? Maybe Randy B got it in under ol' Danni's wire? Let me guess, there were ZERO AB folks there? Not even the Housing Minister? If he did, ol' Danni would have his balls in her purse....
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Bill 18 is not in effect yet and I think they said they wouldn't put it in place until Jan 1, 2025. Also - Alberta does not officially have a Housing Minister...
 
husky said:
To play devil's advocate, would Bill 18 even be applicable here? Wouldn't the agreement technically be with Boyle Street Community Services and not the municipality? Or am I misunderstanding how these funding agreements work.
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You may have found the loophole! I wonder if cities will switch their strategies to become facilitators for these types of deals to get around the red tape
 
northlands said:
"Both the Katz Group and Boyle Street declined interviews for this story, but provided written statements saying they're in the midst of trying to resolve the dispute through a private arbitration process."

Not a legal guy whatsoever but for those who know, would a lawsuit help push parties to engage in a private arbitration process? Given how careful Katz Group have been with minding PR of this entire saga, this feels like the nuclear option.
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Okay, I'm a second-year Urban Planning student so don't take this too seriously lol, but I have learned some things about Alberta Civil Law practices. I believe that both parties in a lawsuit in Alberta need to seek some form of alternative dispute resolution before going to court, whether that's arbitration (like in this case), mediation or judicial dispute resolution. This is mainly due to the fact that the backlog and waiting times for cases to be heard in court is pretty bad, like measured in months if not a year or two.

Also yeah not a great look for the Katz Group.
 
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