Citing an unfair advantage resulting from the recent St Catharines CIP decision to fund a luxury condo project in Port Dalhousie, Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati announced the city would be doubling their CIP incentives for upscale developments.
“What St. Catharines did this week is obviously a scheme to steal luxury developments from Niagara Falls,” said Mayor Diodati. “We’re not going to stand by while St. Catharines lures away the luxury developments that should go to the Falls. If they want to start a CIP war, we’re not backing down. The hell with affordable housing; we want the big stuff!”
In the meantime, Substandard reporters were unable to unable to confirm the rumour that St Catharines staff had streamlined the CIP grant application process to a single question: “How much you got?”
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