The federal government will address infrastructure gaps across Canada with billions of dollars in funding over the coming decade, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday at a news conference in Brampton, Ont.
Carney used the event to break down how his government plans to dole out $51 billion in the Liberals’ Build Communities Strong Fund. The new pot of money was first announced in the 2025 budget, which became law last month.
Ottawa plans to nearly double the rate of infrastructure investment in Canada over the next eight years compared with the previous eight years, Carney said.
He teased that future announcements are coming on initiatives for skills training and apprenticeships, and urged youth to consider a career to support the infrastructure agenda.
“The next 25, 30 years is going to be a great time to be in the trades, to be an electrician, to be pipe fitter, to be welder, to a plumber, a carpenter and beyond, because we are literally going to build this country,” Carney said.
The Build Communities Strong Fund includes $27.8 billion over the next 10 years for infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water and sewer systems and $6 billion for other major local projects like building retrofits and community centres.
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Carney’s first announcement under this local stream was $64 million for a new recreation centre and park in Brampton. The federal government announced $300 million in funding for 13 total projects later in the day, more than a third of which will go toward water and wastewater systems underpinning new housing developments in Iqaluit.
The federal government launched a web page Tuesday allowing municipalities and other organizations to apply for new project funding under this stream.
The remaining $17.2 billion in the fund is to be matched by provinces and territories and used to reduce the cost of building new infrastructure and housing. That includes $5 billion over three years to build out health-care facilities such as new emergency departments.
With $6 billion set aside for the province, Ontario will receive the biggest share from the provincial and territorial stream. Quebec will receive $3.6 billion, British Columbia will get $2.2 billion and Alberta will receive $1.9 billion, with hundreds of millions of dollars set aside for the remaining provinces and territories.
Provinces and territories are required to allocate 20 per cent of their funding to rural, Northern and Indigenous communities. Ten per cent of funding through the $6-billion “direct delivery” stream must go to Indigenous-led projects.
The federal government announced an agreement with Ontario last week for a total of $8.8 billion in matching funds to encourage cities to cut development charges. Ontario and Ottawa will also waive the sales taxes on eligible new homes for the next year as part of a total $1.7 billion in funding to provinces and territories to lower homebuilding costs as they see fit.
British Columbia MP Dan Albas, the Conservative critic for transport, criticized the infrastructure fund rollout as “another reannouncement” in a statement Tuesday.
“Conservatives want our infrastructure, homes and health to grow and improve, but the Carney Liberals need to get out of the way and scrap their anti-development laws and unaffordable taxes,” Albas said.
It will all get pissed away with nothing of value to show for. Guaranteed.
Bureaucracy will suck half of it up,the other half will go to failed projects that will suck up an additional $25 Billion in overruns,corruption and mismanagement,The Liberals will pat themselves on the back while taking a pay raise and we will be eating grass and bark for the one meal per day affordability we will receive.
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Brookfield $50Billion
Various Liberal Party Supporters $1 Billion
Why are we giving anything to brampton ? That place is a legit dump no thanks to Trudeau and and influx of specific brands
YOU PIECE of GARBAGE CARNEY ! BUYING OUT ALL these CONSERVATIVES, SO YOU CAN HAVE a MAJORITY !!! YOU THINK ALL PEOPLE are STUPID , YOU CORRUPT F/ G CRIMINAL
The federal government gives fn over 34 billion tax payers dollars annually and they still don’t have potable water or stable emergency power supplies. When is the government going to stop funding these people with Canadian taxpayers money?
So 51 billion to 10 provinces and territories to share but Freeland , sorry, i meant the Ukraine gets 25 billion for themselves??. Thats 2.5 billion PER province that could have built hospitals ect.
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exactly how much of this new green slush fund will go to projects lead by Brookfield? Realis Atkins (SNC-Lavalin)?
will companies have to swear fealty to the Liberals in order to be considered for contracts?
No, this is Canadian’s money, not Carney’s, not the Liberals’. Canadian’s.
Another Liberai myth. Where will all this money come from the tooth fairy. Driving the country farther in debt so we pay millions on interest payments is not the answer. He is worse than Trudeau at wasting tax dollars.
Where is the money comong from. More taxes?
We’ve heard this before, don’t hold your breath.
This reinforces the Liberal propaganda that this is free money. They are giving it to Canada. (any connection with the bi-elections????) It is not! it is borrowed from future tax payers. How much in debt is Canada going because of this.
I applaud the spending on infrastructure, however be honest about where the money comes from.
As for funding new housing, I wonder what people who own their own home, still paying their sales tax, or the ones who just bought a house feel about it. I see it as very unfair bonus for a select few.
Its called how he will blow it!!
Is any of this funding going towards wildlife conservation efforts?
Carney has $51 billion to spend on infrastructure? Don’t you mean that Carney has borrowed (printed money) Canadians money to spend how he wishes?
Hmmm… elections in Ont. and Que. Promising billions of dollars, possibly bribing floor crossers. This man is so sleazy working for his own pockets.
At this point, this country is about get it good and hard what it keeps voting for. Are the Conservatives better? Not really, I just loke their ideas more.
Typical…more for his immigrant voters in Ontario.
Do better. Why don’t you look into all the fraud and money printing instead of continuously propping them up all the time. Do some real journalism and dive into carney spending and conflicts of interest.
Maybe we should ask what happened to the multi-billion dollar ‘Infrastructure Bank’ from the early Trudeau days? Still no oil and gas infrastructure is being built, it feels like any ‘changes’ planned are yet decades away. Make the ample funding we already have work before throwing billions more on the fire! My lord