Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Ont.) and Steven Del Duca, Ontario Minister of Transportation, and Josh Colle, TTC Chair and Toronto City Councillor for Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence, announced 11 newly approved projects that will benefit Toronto under the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund. The federal government is providing more than $30 million, and the City of … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Cathy Rogers, New Brunswick Minister of Finance, and Angela Allain, General Manager of Codiac Transpo, marked the arrival of 19 new, modernized buses to expand and improve the local Codiac Transpo fleet. The Government of Canada contributed almost $2.4 million through the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund for the purchase … Read more
Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South–Mount Pearl, Nfld.); Dale Kirby, provincial Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development; and Dave Aker, Mayor of Mount Pearl, announced more than $9.4 million in federal-provincial funding for two road improvement projects in Mount Pearl. The wastewater management system will also be upgraded, and new curbs, gutters, sidewalks and … Read more
Liberal MP Mark Holland (Ajax, Ont.); Granville Anderson, Ontario MPP for Durham; and Shaun Collier, Regional Councillor, announced approval of the Durham Region Transit Fleet procurement project that will benefit Durham Region under the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF). The federal government is providing up to 50 per cent of funding for this project—$987,799. Durham Region … Read more
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Selina Robinson, B.C. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and Kevin Desmond, TransLink Chief Executive Officer, marked a renovation milestone with the completion of upgrades to the east stationhouse at the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain Station. This first phase of upgrades to the Joyce-Collingwood Station cost approximately $27 million. The … Read more
Liberal MP Bernadette Jordan (South Shore–St. Margaret’s, N.S.); Derek Mombourquette, Nova Scotia Minister of Municipal Affairs; and Rachel Bailey, Mayor of the Town of Luneburg, announced over $1.1 million in joint funding to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant in Lunenburg. The federal government is providing up to 50 per cent of funding for this project—$573,500 through … Read more
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) and Jeff Wharton, Minister of Municipal Relations, announced the details of five transportation projects in rural communities. The work is being funded through the province’s Small Communities Transportation Fund, which is supported federally using a portion of Manitoba’s annual federal Gas Tax Fund allocation. The full release … Read more
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) and Dominique Vien, Quebec Minister Responsible for Labour, highlighted the completion of work on Saint-Isidore’s drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities, made possible by government funding of over $11.3 million. The Municipality contributed more than $2 million for a total government-municipal investment of more than $13.4 million. The … Read more
Karine Vallières, MNA for Richmond and Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier (Youth), participated in the inauguration of the new waste water facility in Kingsbury. Richmond took the opportunity to highlight that the Municipality received $1.8 million in government funding for the installation of two pumping stations and the treatment plant. Of this amount, $1,593,750 come from … Read more
The Government of Canada is investing in the expansion of Highway 11/17, a strategic link in the Trans-Canada Highway system connecting Northern and Southern Ontario. Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) and Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines, were in Red Rock to announce joint funding for the three … Read more
