For months now, Pierre Poilievre has railed against the role so-called “gatekeepers” play in delaying the construction of much-needed new housing in Canada’s cities. There’s just one wrinkle in Poilievre’s argument: a lot of these “gatekeepers” happen to be his fellow conservatives. “Calgary City Council was presented with a series of recommendations to deliver more housing,” Aitchison tweeted. But the gatekeepers stood their ground.” Rempel-Garner was even more explicit in her condemnation of the city’s conservative councillors. Calgary’s city council reversed its decision the very next day, with only Sean Chu — a councillor who shares constituents with Rempel-Garner — still voting against.
