Budget 2017 falls flat on infrastructure

The planned infrastructure bank ignores the existence of PPP Inc., a Crown corporation designed to support infrastructure projects.

Much of the government's promised spending on public infrastructure has been planned for after the next federal election.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DIANNE WATTS

April 12, 2017

From the time that Budget 2016 was tabled, a myriad of reports from the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the Senate Committee on National Finance, and think-tanks such as the Fraser Institute and the C.D. Howe Institute have highlighted numerous issues with the Liberals' infrastructure plan. These iss...

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