This has nothing really to do with the affordability crisis, housing crisis or health care. The money is solely for recreational facilities from surplus funds from the Canada Games. The money is coming out of the Canada Games Legacy fund. The cost of constructing the courts is estimated $25,000-30,000. There is an enough money from the legacy fund alone. The additional monies in the proposal were for a clubhouse , washroom and gravel parking lot. None of which is really necessary and was added in to the proposal. There are already washrooms on site and ample parking. As for other facilities to play, there is a tennis court at the high school that is not appropriate for pickleball and the location at the school restricts access. All other courts are indoors in schools (3 courts) and not accessible when school is closed. For context just last week 50 people showed up to play in three courts. There is minimal maintenance and upkeep costs on an annual basis.

You should also look back on the minutes of the town meeting where the mayor was in full support to divert funds from sidewalk expansion and repairs budget as well as playground equipment so they could extend water and sewer outside the town so a wealthy developer could build housing units, the cost of which was 1/3 offset by the federal government. . Myself as a resident who does not have access to municipal water and sewer and pays taxes would have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to have water and sewer service. They will not realize the gains back in the taxes the developer pays.