Liberals under pressure to provide more infrastructure dollars for the North

Conservative MP David Yurdiga says the Liberal government's infrastructure promise for rural and northern communities is 'seriously flawed' because it will be divided across the three northern territories and 10 provinces.

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi's office is defending against claims that the North is getting short shrift from the infrastructure plan, saying that northern communities will be able to draw from a $2-billion fund, as well as the Federal Gas Tax Fund and New Building Canada Fund. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

May 17, 2017

Critics, advocates, and political rivals are calling on the federal Liberal government to dedicate more resources to address the severe infrastructure deficit in Canada’s North, arguing they failed to set aside funds in the last budget specifically for northern com...

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