British Columbia’s 2010-11 budget contains no new major infrastructure spending, but lots of promises to capitalize on the momentum generated by the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Finance Minister Colin [...]
Posted on 04 March 2010
British Columbia’s 2010-11 budget contains no new major infrastructure spending, but lots of promises to capitalize on the momentum generated by the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Finance Minister Colin [...]
Posted on 29 September 2009
Yesterday, Stephen Harper delivered his office’s third economic report since agreeing to issue quarterly reports to get the current budget approved. The federal government’s numbers show that 90 [...]
Posted on 08 April 2009
Last week was a busy week for transit in the GTA and Hamilton (GTAH.) As many people will know from news reports, the Province of Ontario came through with historic funding for transit across the region [...]
Posted on 08 April 2009
The province of New Brunswick will invest over $53 million in its highways--about 30 separate projects. Transportation Minister Denis Landry said during a PR opportunity at one of the new sites, "This [...]
Posted on 01 April 2009
Toronto is getting its fair share of funding now that the provincial budget has been passed. The number that has the Toronto Transit Commission excited is $7.2-billion-that's towards building the Eglinton [...]
Posted on 27 March 2009
Newfoundland and Labrador's 2009 budget forecasts a $750-million deficit. The shortfall is made even more significant in the context if last year's $2.4-billion surplus. There's $35 million set aside [...]
Posted on 27 March 2009
Manitoba has somehow managed to balance its 2009 budget, increase its spending by 4.4 per cent and reduce debt payments for the year to $20 million (compared to $110 million last year). A small surplus [...]
Posted on 26 March 2009
What happened to the good old days where we would report on the budget after it was announced? Minister Dwight Duncan just announced a budget with no surprises. As expected, Budget09 forecasts deficits [...]
Posted on 24 March 2009
Ontario's government is about to make budget announcements and, like Quebec's budget, infrastructure will play a major role. Reuters reported on Monday that Ontario will spend $32.5 billion in provincial [...]
Posted on 23 March 2009
Last Thursday's budget announcements in Quebec revealed a debt not experienced in over a decade. Already one of the highest in the country, estimates put the province's deficit at $130-billion by the end [...]