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Pandemic budgets were balanced mostly by delaying or cancelling capital projects, drawing down reserves, increasing various fees, and, of course, successfully lobbying for senior government handouts. The handouts, unfortunately, had the unintended consequence of councils dodging much-needed structural changes and taking bold steps to get their financial house in order. No apparent need to consolidate services, moderate salaries, merge municipalities, rationalize staffing, and substantially reduce the tax demand. It raises the question: Are local politicians sufficiently skilled in managing our finances, given their job will be much more difficult for the foreseeable future? Does additional skill training need to be offered?
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Positive impact on productivity Positive impact on trade Delving deeper, the results of those potential gains will be looked at in terms of whether they represent a province-wide increase in economic activity or whether it simply shifts economic activity from one part of the province to another. The outputs of the study will be used to make business cases for potential highway improvements along the route. In addition to quantifying economic impacts of the current constraints on the Highway 3 corridor the study will also identify and assess potential goods, resources and people movements within the corridor if constraints were removed or mitigated as well as quantifying the economic impacts of those changes.