Rollout of infrastructure money ‘lagging indicator’ of effort to spur economic activity, says deputy minister

A ‘real impetus’ in earmarking funds for infrastructure projects is getting it approved, says one bureaucrat, but one MP adds there may still be gaps in how Ottawa allocates such dollars as it does not help cover the cost of operations.

Kelly Gillis, deputy minister with Infrastructure Canada, pictured in 2018, says any money under the Investing in Canada Plan that has been delayed to future years will not ‘lapse.’The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

May 11, 2021

The approval of infrastructure funds is a significant “impetus” in being able to allocate funding for projects aimed at improving things like public transit and housing, says one federal bureaucrat, adding it is a “lagging indicator” of the economic activity Ot...

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