Press Release Department: Federal - Infrastructure Canada

Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) and Saskatchewan Minister of Government Relations Don McMorris announced more than $11.1 million in federal-provincial funding for 24 new infrastructure projects in Saskatchewan. Additionally, the Government of Canada will invest more than $1.5 million towards local bridge projects in 11 communities including the rural municipalities of Garden River, … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Jaime Battiste (Sydney—Victoria, N.S.); Chief Leroy Denny, Eskasoni First Nation; and Chief Terry Paul, Membertou First Nation, announced over $4.8 million in combined funding to construct a new building that will support learning, research and the sharing of Mi’kmaq traditional knowledge. The Government of Canada is investing over $4.4 million for … Read more

Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.), and Chantal Guay, CEO of the Standards Council of Canada, announced funding of $46.7 million for two important climate resilience initiatives: The Climate Resilient Built Environment initiative, which will provide the knowledge to adapt our public … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Jaime Battiste (Sydney—Victoria, N.S.), New Brunswick Minister Responsible for the Office of Mental Health and Addictions Brian Comer, and Eskasoni First Nation Chief Leroy Denny announced joint funding for the construction of a solar energy generation system for Eskasoni Cold Logistics. The Government of Canada is investing more than $1.1 million in this project through … Read more

Liberal MP Wayne Long (Saint John-Rothesay, N.B.); New Brunswick Minister of Tourism Tammy Scott-Wallace; New Brunswick Minister of Natural Resources and Energy Development Mike Holland; Marc Thorne, Mayor of the Town of Sussex; and Jim Campbell, Mayor of the Village of Riverside-Albert, announced joint funding for infrastructure projects that will improve water and wastewater services in two New Brunswick communities. The Government of Canada is … Read more

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier, Que.) and Quebec MNA Nancy Guillemette announced $2,853,000 in joint funding for a project to recover waste heat from the forest biomass cogeneration plant located in Saint-Félicien in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. The Government of Canada is investing $1,556,000 in this project through the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The … Read more

Liberal MP Serge Cormier (Acadie–Bathurst, N.B.), Gary Crossman, N.B. Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Denis Losier, Mayor of the Regional Municipality of Tracadie, Louise Blanchard, Deputy Mayor of the Town of Caraquet, and Guy Chiasson, Councillor of the Town of Lamèque, announced funding for three important wastewater improvement projects in Tracadie, Caraquet and Lamèque. The Government of Canada is investing … Read more

Liberal MP Serge Cormier (Acadie–Bathurst, N.B.); Gary Crossman, New Brunswick Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation; Kim Chamberlain, Mayor of the City of Bathurst; Edgar Aubé, Mayor of the Town of Beresford; and Maxime Lejeune, Mayor of Pointe-Verte, announced joint funding for improvements to water and wastewater infrastructure in three Northeastern New … Read more

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Quebec MNA Geneviève Hébert announced $3,617,400 in funding to renovate Coaticook’s Pavillon des arts et de la culture. The Government of Canada is investing $1,808,700 in this project under the Community, Cultural and Recreational Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The full release is available online. Call 343-574-8116. … Read more

Liberal MPs Sean Casey (Charlottetown, PEI), Heath MacDonald (Malpeque, PEI) and Bobby Morrissey (Egmont, PEI) announced new electric school buses in Prince Edward Island. The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island are each investing over $6.2 million in this project through the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The full release is available … Read more