JF: The government understands the importance of public infrastructure in supporting a stronger economy, a healthy environment, and in the development of strong and prosperous communities. In 2007 the government launched the Building Canada Plan to deliver flexible and predictable funding to provinces and municipalities to help them plan for the longer term, and address their ongoing infrastructure needs.
Building Canada priorities include investments in infrastructure that contribute to increased trade, efficient movement of goods and people, and economic growth. This includes projects such as improvements to the core National Highway System, short-line railways, short-sea shipping, regional and local airports, broadband, and convention centres.
On top of Building Canada, the Government provided significant funding for new initiatives to modernise Canada's transportation infrastructure in recent years, including investments made under the Economic Action Plan and in Budget 2010.
"Canada has launched an extremely ambitious infrastructure stimulus plan, with more than 40 percent of the total stimulus funding devoted to infrastructure investment" |