Investing in North Coast Recycling Depot upgrades

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North Coast Regional District – Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada,Anne Kang, B.C. Minister of Municipal Affairs, and Barry Pages, Chair of North Coast Regional District, announced a joint investment of more than $1.5 million to support upgrades to the North Coast Recycling Depot. This investment will enable …

Investing in active transportation projects across New Brunswick

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Saint John – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, His Worship Bertrand Beaulieu, Mayor of the Grand Falls Regional Municipality, His Worship Robert Rochon, Mayor of the Village of Fundy-Albert, Darren Turner, Chair of the Coastal Link Trail Inc., and Andrew Garnett, Chief Administrative Officer of the Town of Woodstock, announced a federal investment of more than $895,000 …

Improving air quality in BC schools 

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Abbotsford – Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, and Rachna Singh, BC Minister of Education and Child Care, announced a joint investment of more than $3.2 million to improve ventilation systems in five elementary and secondary schools in British Columbia. Two schools in Abbotsford, Rick Hansen Secondary and …

Announcing largest electric buses project in North America

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Saint-Eustache – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities,  Geneviève Guilbault, Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, and Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks and Minister responsible for the Laurentides Region announced investments of over $780 million from the Government of Canada and over $1.1 billion from …

Expanding Trans-Canada Highway in Newfoundland and Labrador

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St John’s – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour, Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament for St. John’s East , Dr. Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Elvis Loveless, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, announced an investment of up to $306 million to expand the Trans-Canada Highway. This investment will …

Investing in public transit infrastructure in St John’s

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St John’s – Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament for St. John’s East, Bernard Davis, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Danny Breen, Mayor of the City of St. John’s, announced a joint investment of more than $27.8 million to enhance St. John’s public transit infrastructure. This funding will support the purchase of 8 accessible hybrid transit buses which will …

Advancing Contract for Yonge North Subway Extension

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Province connecting people to jobs and fighting gridlock in the Greater Toronto Area ORK REGION – The Ontario government is one step closer to getting shovels in the ground on the Yonge North Subway Extension. Today, the province issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Advance Tunnel Contract, marking a significant milestone in its plan to reduce gridlock, connect …

Upgrading drinking water, wastewater infrastructure in N.S.

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Mahone Bay – Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and municipal officials announced a joint investment of $11,882,000 to upgrade water and wastewater infrastructure in Yarmouth, the Municipality of the District of Clare, Mahone Bay and Digby, Nova Scotia. In Yarmouth, three interdependent …

Decarbonization projects in BC

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Vancouver – Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard; Josie Osborne, B.C. Minister of Energy, Mines, and Low Carbon Innovation; and Chris O’Riley, President and CEO of BC Hydro, announced a joint investment of $32.7 million to support three decarbonization projects in British Columbia. In Vancouver, this investment will support the decarbonization of the Creative Energy district …

Investing in electrification of Saskatoon’s bus fleet 

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Saskatoon – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Charlie Clark, Mayor of Saskatoon, and Josipa Petrunić, President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), announced a joint investment of $420,000 to plan for the electrification of Saskatoon Transit’s bus fleet. With this funding, Saskatoon Transit will create a five-phase strategy that will …