Unless there are stricter mechanisms for accountability, nothing prevents what you are about to read from happening again and again. Take the procurement and purchase of electric buses in Edmonton and Calgary. CBC reported that by late 2023, only 16 of Edmonton’s 60 electric buses were fit to be on the roads on a given morning. In August 2025, Calgary Transit announced the procurement of 120 new electric buses and linked the decision to federal support and diversification of fuel sources. Edmonton and Calgary committed sums large enough to change the trajectory of other urgent files, then treated accountability as optional.

Source: CBC News January 17, 2026 22:39 UTC