And, unsurprisingly, it’s a US-based firm leading the funding for the project with $100 million.

Frighten people, then sell them the promise of safety.

Yeah, I agree with taking money allocated for defense and spending it on infrastructure that would improve defense but it’s primarily going to be for civilian benefit, but doing so just makes it even more glaring the we don’t just fund that infrastructure without making it part of a defense budget.

And it still doesn’t go far enough.

I hadn’t listened to Lewis much before he won leadership. I had basically heard him in the NDP leadership debate and in his social media posts, but having listened to his post-victory speech and couple of appearances since on CBC, I’m impressed by how good a communicator he is. That bodes well for the party imo. The NDP really need someone who can be out in front loud and clear bearing a standard for values and policies that are differentiated from the other parties. Lewis definitely seems like he could be that guy.