It’s a mistake for feds to increase share of infrastructure costs

More federal spending on local infrastructure undermines jurisdictional exclusivity and political accountability by further breaking the link between financing and spending.
Canada's federal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, pictured recently in his ministerial office in Ottawa.
The Trudeau government has increased the share of infrastructure project costs that it’s prepared to cover from one-third to 40 per cent for municipal projects. This is a mistake. More federal spending on local infrastructure undermines jurisdictional exclusivity and political accountability by f...

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