Canada’s infrastructure crumbling, feds need a plan to deal with it, say critics

The Canadian government 'recognizes that predictable funding for infrastructure can play an important role in sustaining our economic recovery,' says Transport Minister Denis Lebel.

The collapse of Montreal's Ville Marie tunnel and the crumbling Champlain Bridge are indicative of a wider problem with Canada's aging infrastructure in the country's largest cities and the federal government should move quickly to deal with these issues, say critics.

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