There are many solutions to development charges. It's absolutely true that if the municipality charges less in development charges, it will need to find a source of revenue for the infrastructure the municipality is depending on, but there are other ways to get this. We haven't done any research, so we don't have any empirical comment on the best way to do that. I know the municipalities could...what's in their control would be to increase property taxes. That tends to be unpopular at the municipal level.
There are also some regions in which municipalities issue debt. In some countries, the federal government, state government or provincial government may be involved in that, but we haven't done any empirical research to say which would be the best or the most appropriate for Canada's context.
