{"id":903,"date":"2026-06-18T19:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/?post_type=objective&#038;p=903"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:08:14","slug":"infeasible-or-uncertain-pathways","status":"publish","type":"objective","link":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/objective\/infeasible-or-uncertain-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Infeasible or uncertain pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To help local governments navigate uncertainty around authority and application of regulatory powers, it is also worth noting the several pathways investigated that, in the legal analysis, do not seem feasible options to pursue. Power to Act outlines these pathways so that local governments can understand the limitations and best prioritise their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In many of the cases below, local governments likely have the power to make requirements enacted through a bylaw under <em>Community Charter<\/em>, but these powers are constrained by other legislation including <em>The Building Act.<\/em> In these cases, the local government could only move forward with a provincially approved variation to the legislation. The exact reasons for each case are detailed in the second legal memo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understand the limitations of regulatory pathways deemed infeasible or uncertain in order to best prioritise your efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[18],"class_list":["post-903","objective","type-objective","status-publish","hentry","category-infeasible"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objective\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objective"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/objective"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objective\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objective\/903\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityenergy.ca\/tools\/powertoact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}