The governments of Canada and Quebec recognize the importance of having good recreational infrastructure that promotes healthy lifestyles and helps make communities vibrant inclusive places to live. Thanks to government funding, the City of Repentigny and the municipalities of Saint-Charles-Borromée and Crabtree will be able to enjoy new sports infrastructure that will improve their residents’ quality of life while contributing to the growth of sporting activities and enduring community prosperity.

“These investments in recreational infrastructure will help make the Lanaudière Region a place where families can have fun and stay fit. As well as encouraging Repentigny, Saint-Charles-Borromée and Crabtree residents to adopt healthy lifestyles, this work will help bring people together. Our government is proud to support projects that improve the quality of people’s lives while laying the groundwork for economic growth and the creation of well-paid middle-class jobs.”

Marc Miller, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

“In supporting construction and renovation projects like these, we are helping make safe accessible facilities available to local residents, and that municipalities can provide quality infrastructure over the long term. The projects in Repentigny, Saint-Charles-Borromée and Crabtree will enable residents of the Lanaudière region to take part in regular sports and physical activities, which will encourage them to adopt a healthy lifestyle.”

Lise Thériault, Deputy Premier, Minister Responsible for Small and Medium Enterprises, Regulatory Streamlining and Regional Economic Development, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women and Minister Responsible for the Region of Lanaudière, on behalf of the Honourable Sébastien Proulx, Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports, Minister of Families and Minister Responsible for the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region.

“Today is a great day for the world of sports in Repentigny. The investments announced by the governments of Canada and Quebec for tennis courts at Thifault Park and Claudel Park reinforces Repentigny’s status as a choice tennis destination! Every year, we welcome the world’s top players to the Junior Tennis Open. The City of Repentigny maintains a special relationship with this sport, also thereby offering residents the benefit of first-class facilities. "

Chantal Deschamps, Mayor of Repentigny

• The Small Communities Fund is a joint federal-provincial program coordinated by Infrastructure Canada in partnership with the provinces and territories. In Quebec, the Fund is administered by the Quebec Department of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy. The goal of this program is to provide financial support to Canadian municipalities with fewer than 100,000 residents to develop infrastructure that can enhance their cultural, sports, recreational, and tourism assets or safeguard public assets.

• The Government of Canada will provide more than $180 billion in infrastructure funding over 12 years for public transit, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, transportation that supports trade, and Canada’s rural and northern communities.

• Budget 2017 allocates $21.9 billion to support social infrastructure in Canadian communities.

• Quebec’s 2017-2027 Infrastructure Plan calls for $7 billion in investments in municipal infrastructure under the Quebec Department of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy. When combined with contributions from the Government of Canada and municipalities, this means $15 billion will be invested in municipal infrastructure in Quebec over the next 10 years.

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Associated Links

• Investing in Canada, the Government of Canada’s new $180 billion infrastructure plan
• Federal investments in infrastructure projects in Quebec
• New Building Canada Plan
• New Building Canada Fund, Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure component—Small Communities Fund
• Quebec’s 2017-2027 Infrastructure Plan

Brook Simpson
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
613-219-0149

Marie B. Deschamps                                                      
Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Education,
Recreation and Sports, Minister of Families and
Minister Responsible for the
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region
418-644-0664

Clémence Beaulieu Gendron
Press Secretary of the Deputy Premier,
Minister Responsible for Small and Medium Enterprises,
Regulatory Streamlining and Regional Economic Development,
Minister Responsible for the Status of Women and
Minister Responsible for the Region of Lanaudière
418-691-5650

 

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