Arctic Infrastructure Fund ‘a good start,’ but clarity needed on projects and dual-use priorities, say experts

Pierre Leblanc, a retired colonel and former commander of the Canadian Forces in the Arctic, says $1-billion won’t be near enough.

“The all-season roads, ports, highways, and other trade-enabling infrastructure we build through the fund will spur growth and better connect northern and Indigenous communities to the Canadian economy and the world,” says a statement from Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty about the Arctic Infrastructure Fund. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

December 1, 2025

The federal budget's proposed $1-billion for transportation projects in the Arctic came as welcome news to experts on infrastructure and defence in Northern Canada, but some have questions about how far those funds will really go, and what the government's priorities are whe...

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