Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) and Brian Gallant, Premier of New Brunswick, announced that a new project in Chipman has been approved under the Government of Canada’s Clean Water and Waste Water Fund. The federal government is providing up to 50 per cent of the funding for this … Read more
Sport and Persons with Disabilities Minister Carla Qualtrough (Delta, B.C.) and Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure for British Columbia, announced joint funding of just over $70 million to construct an additional lane on the Alex Fraser Bridge. A 7th lane will be added to the bridge by slightly narrowing the six existing lanes and removing the shoulders. … Read more
Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) and Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines, announced 21 newly approved projects that will benefit Thunder Bay under the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund. The federal government is providing up to 50 per cent of funding for these projects—just over $6 … Read more
On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) and New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant announced more than $272-million in federal-provincial funding for key upgrades to three sections of Route 11 between Shediac and Miramichi. The Government of Canada is contributing … Read more
On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories); Bob McLeod, Premier of the Northwest Territories; Wally Schumann, Northwest Territories Minister of Transportation and Robert C. McLeod, Northwest Territories Minister of Finance, along with Tlicho Grand Chief Eddie Erasmus, announced conditional approval of federal funding for the construction of … Read more
The governments of Canada and Yukon are investing $3 million through the Small Communities Fund to complete the second phase of repairs to the Ross River suspension bridge. The Government of Canada will provide up to $2.25 million to this project and the Government of Yukon will contribute up to $750,000. The work will include the installation of new … Read more
National Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.); Suzanne Anton, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Fraserview; Acting Mayor Raymond Louie, on behalf of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson; and Park Board Vice-Chair Erin Shum, on behalf of Chair Michael Wiebe; celebrated the start of construction of the new $7,500,000 Killarney Seniors Centre. This important milestone … Read more
Based on project planning in 2016, the federal Gas Tax Fund supported 309 local roads and bridges projects in Saskatchewan’s rural municipalities. For example, the Rural Municipality of Usborne No. 310 plans to resurface 22 kilometres of PG 668, which connects three communities, two potash mines and a large aggregate reserve. The Rural Municipality of Waverley … Read more
Liberal MP Jati Sidhu (Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon, B.C.); Marc Dalton, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Maple Ridge-Mission; and Darryl Plecas, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Abbotsford South, celebrated the official opening of the new Cannell Lake Water Treatment Plant. The aging chlorination equipment has been replaced with a more modern, safe and efficient system which uses … Read more
Liberal MP David McGuinty (Ottawa South, Ont.) and Bob Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure were in Ottawa to announce funding for the expansion of Highway 417. The governments of Canada and Ontario are each providing up to $47.57 million. The project involves the expansion of Highway 417 from six to eight lanes for three kilometers, between Maitland Avenue … Read more
