Canada budget prioritizes infrastructure, border crossings

Friday, March 22, 2013

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty released his 2013 budget yesterday, calling for more than $47 billion in new infrastructure spending in the next decade. In a speech announcing the budget, Flahrety said the program, his update to 2007's Building Canada plan, will be "the largest and longest federal investment in building roads, bridges and public transit in Canadian history." In addition, the budget sets aside money to strengthen the nation's border crossings and...

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