Press Release Department: Federal - Infrastructure Canada

Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) and Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montréal Port Authority, today celebrated the inauguration of a new container terminal in the Viau sector. The new container terminal will boost the Port of Montréal’s handling capacity by 450,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit). The Government of Canada is contributing a third of the eligible funding … Read more

Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories) and Caroline Cochrane, provincial Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, announced $12.9 million in funding for the Yellowknife aquatic centre under the Government of Canada’s Small Communities Fund. The new aquatic centre will greatly improve access to aquatic activities for families and seniors from across the region. It will also provide new … Read more

The governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories recognize the importance of investing in projects that contribute to economic and social development across the North. Projects, like the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway, open the door to future growth and a better quality of life for residents. This season will see the construction of the final 3.5 kilometres … Read more

The governments of Canada and Michigan marked important progress towards the realization of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a new Canada-U.S. crossing at the Windsor-Detroit border. Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder used the occasion to celebrate the next milestone for this marquee project. The new six-lane bridge will … Read more

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) and Don Iveson, Mayor of Edmonton, announced new funding for an important stormwater management project in Edmonton. This stormwater management project will improve the region’s capacity to deal with rain by providing overland storage for stormwater and increased capacity in the storm-sewer system. The project … Read more

Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories) and Caroline Cochrane, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, announced more than $4 million in funding for three infrastructure projects across the Territory under the Government of Canada’s Small Communities Fund. This funding will help improve the sewage lagoon system in Fort Liard, upgrade eight roads in Norman Wells, as well … Read more

Liberal MP Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.), Eleanor McMahon, Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport and Member of Provincial Parliament for Burlington, and Gary Carr, Halton Regional Chair, were at the grand opening of the upgraded and expanded Skyway Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Halton Region. The governments of Canada and Ontario have each contributed $51.5 million towards … Read more

The Government of Canada and the Province of Manitoba announced support for improvements to two sections of Portage la Prairie’s well-used Fisher Avenue Pathway through the federal Gas Tax Fund. Lighting will be installed along the path adjacent to the railway from 18th Street to Saskatchewan Avenue and along 18th Street from the railway to … Read more

The community joined officials today in celebrating the reopening of Washington Street to pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Announced in 2015, the project upgraded the underground pipes related to water, wastewater and stormwater management, and included upgrades to the streetscape. In all, 1,124 metres of water pipe, 720 metres of sewer pipe and 760 metres of … Read more

At an event at the Go Transit Don Yard,Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) highlighted the measures in the Fall Economic Statement, which proposed $25.3 billion in new investments in public transit to build new urban transit networks and service extensions that will transform the way that Canadians live, move and work. … Read more