Budget investments in transportation, trade require long-term strategy and private sector support, say experts

The Nov. 4 budget announced $5-billion towards a Trade Diversification Corridors Fund intended to strengthen trade corridors across ports, rail, and roads; and $1-billion for an Arctic Infrastructure Fund.
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said that a total of $6-billion in the federal budget towards trade and transportation infrastructure will 'help Canadian businesses get their goods to new markets,' in a Nov. 21 Transport Canada press release.

A multibillion-dollar investment in trade and transportation infrastructure announced in the recent federal budget is a good start, but overcoming decades of under-investment in those sectors will require attracting greater private funding, and a more comprehensive strategy ...

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