National infrastructure assessment must include advisory body with long-term vision, say infrastructure groups

Infrastructure stakeholders are awaiting the announcement of Canada's next infrastructure minister—and their mandate letter—for a better sense of where a national infrastructure assessment falls among the Liberals' priorities.
The Liberal government announced plans for a national infrastructure assessment in December 2020. Outgoing Infrastructure minister Catherine McKenna announced on July 29 there is 'strong support' for an independent advisory body to lead the assessment. A new infrastructure minister will be named on Oct. 26.
Long-term infrastructure projects that extend beyond election cycles should be the lens through which an advisory board prepares its recommendations for the federal government’s national infrastructure assessment, according to the vice-president of policy for the Business Council of Canada (BCC). ...

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