Communities to benefit from support to strengthen growth and ensure long-term prosperity
May 21, 2014 – Halifax, Nova Scotia – Infrastructure Canada
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today addressed the Nova Scotia Construction Association on the New Building Canada Plan and the benefits it will bring to Nova Scotians.
The New Building Canada Plan builds on the Government of Canada's unprecedented investments in infrastructure with $70 billion over the next decade, including the $53 billion New Building Canada Plan for provincial, territorial and municipal infrastructure that enhances economic growth, job creation and productivity.
Across the country the New Building Canada Plan will support national, regional and local infrastructure priorities that will improve economic development and quality of life.
The New Building Canada Plan is now fully "open for business." Funding is now available for a wide range of projects of varying sizes and scope, such as highways and major roads, drinking water systems, wastewater treatment facilities, and local roads. Provinces and municipalities can now submit their projects for funding and new projects will be approved over the course of the year, and for the decade to come.
In addition, existing federal infrastructure programs will continue to support over 2,500 ongoing or new infrastructure projects across Canada during 2014 alone. From coast to coast to coast, federal funding is flowing to these projects through the federal Gas Tax Fund, and other programs. In Nova Scotia, these include major infrastructure projects such as the Halifax Central Library and the Sydney River Bridge Replacement Project.
Vincent Rabault
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs,
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
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Infrastructure Canada
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