Canada Infrastructure
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‘Next generation’ of federal infrastructure funding to come by fall: ministerPremiers say communities are facing unprecedented cost pressures on existing projects and uncertainty around future infrastructure funding.PoliticsJun 21, 2023
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Budget will set aside $15B over five years to attract private investment: sourceThe government will seek to attract $3 of private investment for every $1 of public funding, the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said.CanadaApr 6, 2022
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Mayors, construction industry call on Ontario and feds for infrastructure moneyMayors representing the province's largest cities say the global health crisis has created revenue shortfalls that will prevent municipalities from doing state-of-good-repair work on key pieces of infrastructure.CanadaOct 26, 2020
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Trudeau pledges $10B he says will create 60K jobs in infrastructure, clean techAmong the priority areas are agricultural infrastructure in Western Canada and broadband to expand access to high-speed internet service across the country.CanadaOct 1, 2020
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Coronavirus: Feds offer cities $31M to adapt to pandemic realitiesCanada's infrastructure minister says the money could be used for everything from making it easier to physically distance on playgrounds to building apps to access services.CanadaAug 13, 2020
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Feds reserve $3.3B for infrastructure projects to address coronavirus challengesThose projects include retrofits to public buildings like schools and long-term care facilities, and measures related to physical distancing, like new bike and walking paths.HealthAug 5, 2020
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McKenna prioritizes building quickly in first speech as infrastructure ministerThe Liberal government has committed more than $180 billion over 12 years to improving roads, bridges, public transit systems and other needed infrastructure across the country; but it has been criticized for failing to get the money out the door and shovels in the ground quickly.CanadaNov 27, 2019
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Red tape stalls Liberals’ big plans for infrastructure funds, internal docs showThe government has been criticized for the slower-than-anticipated pace of infrastructure dollars leaving the federal treasury.CanadaJan 25, 2019
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Liberals don’t have plan for how to spend nearly $190B in infrastructure cash, budget watchdog saysParliament's budget watchdog is calling on the Trudeau Liberals to deliver a detailed plan for how it plans to dole out billions in infrastructure dollars to avoid further delays in spending.PoliticsMar 15, 2018
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Federal budget shows billions in infrastructure won’t be spent until at least 2021New figures in this week's federal budget suggest billions of dollars from the Liberal government's vaunted infrastructure program now won't be spent until after Canadians go to the polls next year.CanadaMar 2, 2018
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