Willliam Watson: Thank you, Canada, for my new arena!
Article content I guess an election really is coming. On Monday I got an email from town hall in the small Montreal borough where I live (2016 population 5,050) announcing that the federal and provincial governments had themselves just announced funding for close to 200 “recreational and sports infrastructure projects” across Quebec and — great news! — our town was among the lucky 200. We’re getting a new arena and recreation centre at a total cost of $22.6 million. Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna did the honours for the feds while Education Minister Isabelle Charest annou...