Just 10.6 per cent of Ottawa’s nearly $100 billion in planned infrastructure spending will be on trade and transportation infrastructure.
infrastructure spending
November 15, 2016
3:38PM
Only a small portion of infrastructure spending will go towards building more efficient transportation corridors.
November 3, 2016
3:13AM
Only $2.4 billion is being spent on trade and transportation infrastructure over the next five years.
September 30, 2016
12:26PM
For my money—and for taxpayers’ money, too—“shovel worthy” is therefore a much better phrase than “shovel ready.”
August 18, 2016
10:31AM
Host cities such as Athens and Rio are already major tourist destinations because of what they intrinsically offer.
April 5, 2016
2:58PM
Of the $4 billion earmarked for 2016/17, only $1.6 billion will go to public transit and other municipal infrastructure.
March 30, 2016
3:00AM
It’s fairly clear that most of the budget's ‘infrastructure’ spending is not aimed at improving Canada’s roads, bridges and highways.
March 25, 2016
3:00AM
The whole country (except Nunavut) will be encouraged to over-invest in public transit since, under the cost-sharing formula, new dollars will only cost 50 cents.