Remember when Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty called municipal leaders “pothole fillers and whiners?” It was our favourite sound bite of 2009. Well, the City of Charlottetown now has a machine [...]
Posted on 19 January 2010
Remember when Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty called municipal leaders “pothole fillers and whiners?” It was our favourite sound bite of 2009. Well, the City of Charlottetown now has a machine [...]
Posted on 14 December 2009
While there have been a lot of questions about why federal stimulus funding isn't "rolling out" fast enough, almost nobody has examined whether or not it's rolling too quickly. Federal Finance Minister [...]
Posted on 15 May 2009
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty today announced the appointment of three new directors to PPP Canada. Established to support P3s, $1.2 billion in federal funding was set aside for the crown corporation [...]
Posted on 12 March 2009
The rumours that infrastructure would be a high priority in Budget 2009-and that to cash in, projects needed to be "shovel-ready"-prompted the creation of myriad lists. The Toronto City Summit Alliance [...]
Posted on 28 January 2009
Reactions abound this morning as Canada's think tanks, economists, boards and associations respond to Budget 2009. This morning on Breakfast Television (even us media types need to watch something while [...]
Posted on 20 January 2009
Federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty has finally announced the appointment of a CEO and Chair of PPP Canada Inc. (P3C). $1.2 billion in federal funding was set aside for the crown corporation [...]
Posted on 12 December 2008
Construction has finally started on Evergreen at the Brick Works, Canada's first large-scale environmental discovery centre. David Pecaut, chair of the Toronto City Summit Alliance and Ontario Minister [...]
Posted on 28 November 2008
Yesterday, Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty delivered a fiscal update that he told media the week before would include no special measures to help keep Canada steady in what he called "turbulent" times. "It's [...]
Posted on 29 September 2008
Since the Building Canada Plan was announced in Budget 2007, Infrastructure Canada has not changed its message — in fact, they've tried twice to submit a letter for our readers, but have nothing [...]
Posted on 25 July 2008
Increased transit access to York University became a reality with the today's groundbreaking ceremony for a bus rapid transit route that will operate between Downsview subway station and the University. Jim [...]