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‘I’m a pretty impatient minister’: Champagne says he’d like infrastructure money doled out faster, but feds are improving

In a wide-ranging interview, Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne talks about the Liberals' $190-billion infrastructure plan, investment in Canada's North, and the SNC-Lavalin affair.

François-Philippe Champagne became infrastructure minister last July. Prior to his shuffle, he was the international trade minister from 2017 to 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 10, 2019

The federal government has responded to concerns about infrastructure money not getting out the door fast enough, says Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The process can always be improved, and while some delays have been out of federal hands, Mr. Champagne (Saint-Maurice-Champla...

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