Infrastructure, tourism, arts key to Yukon’s success

Between 2018 and 2028, the Yukon will receive $445-million from the Canadian government to boost infrastructure.

Yukon MP Larry Bagnell, Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, and Yukon Premier Sandy Silver announce up to $594-million in infrastructure funding for the territory May 3 at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LIBERAL MP LARRY BAGNELL

May 16, 2018

There are many challenges for governments to provide quality of life for northern and Arctic people on par with that of southern Canada. There are great expanses of cold or frozen landscapes, there’s a small tax base to fund infrastructure, freezing and thawing permafrost that undermines building...

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