Press Release Department: Federal - Infrastructure Canada

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Liberal MP Karen Ludwig (New Brunswick Southwest, N.B.) and Ed Doherty, Minister Responsible for Service New Brunswick, announced $791,374 in joint funding for wastewater infrastructure upgrades in Grand Bay-Westfield. Grace Losier, Mayor of Grand Bay-Westfield, also participated in the announcement. The governments of Canada and New Brunswick … Read more

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) along with Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines, announced that 13 local infrastructure projects in communities across Ontario will receive over $10 million in joint funding from the Governments of … Read more

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Liberal MP René Arseneault (Madawaska-Restigouche, NB) and New Brunswick MLA Chuck Chiasson announced $320,256 in joint funding for sanitary and storm drain system improvements in Saint-Léonard through the Small Communities Fund. Carmel St-Amand, Mayor of Saint-Léonard, also participated in the announcement. The full release is available online. Call 613-219-0149.

Liberal MP Karen Ludwig (New Brunswick Southwest, NB) announced $759,094 in joint funding for storm drain system improvements in Gagetown through the Small Communities Fund. Gagetown Mayor Mike Blaney also participated in the announcement. Project work includes replacing all existing sub-surface storm drains in the community’s downtown and main tourism area, building three larger storm water outlets, and … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Pablo Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier, Que.) joined with elementary students from Verdun, to officially introduce “Thor la fourmi” (Thor the Ant) as the newest member of the building crew for the new Champlain Bridge. Like an ant, Thor is capable of carrying many times its own weight. In this case, … Read more

Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Minister Hunter Tootoo (Nunavut) was in Iqaluit to announce funding for five projects for Nunavut municipalities under the Government of Canada’s Small Communities Fund. Minister Tootoo was accompanied by Nunavut’s Premier Peter Taptuna and Joe Savikataaq, Minister of Community and Government Services. The projects involve key community infrastructure in … Read more

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) and Jim Reiter, Saskatchewan Minister of Government Relations, announced funding for 11 projects in communities across Saskatchewan under the Government of Canada’s Small Communities Fund. The Government of Canada will provide up to $5,399,443 of the total eligible cost of $16,198,338 for these 11 projects. The Government of Saskatchewan will … Read more

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) announced over $73.3 million in funding from the federal Gas Tax Fund for 57 capital and capacity building projects in communities across British Columbia. The projects were selected through the application-based Strategic Priorities Fund. Sohi was accompanied at the announcement by Peter Fassbender, B.C. Minister of … Read more

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Pablo Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier, Que.) and Quebec Minister for Recreation and Sport Luc Fortin participated in the inauguration of important new infrastructure at the J.-M.-Jeanson water treatment plant in Sherbrooke. Government representatives highlighted the $24.2 million … Read more

Infrastructure Canada has publicly released the Project Agreement for the new Champlain Bridge. Note that the sections on tolling were kept since they were part of the initial agreement, even though the new Champlain bridge will be toll free. The full document is available online.