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Largest Cash Infusion for
Infrastructure in Canadian History
Over SIXTEEN
BILLION Dollars in Spending
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has unveiled three new programs designed
to funnel cash into municipal infrastructure needs.
- Gas Taxes Stay in the
Hands of Municipalities until at least 2013/2014.
- GST Rebate for Municipalities continued.
- Massive cash infusion into new "Building Canada" Infrastructure Fund
The
massive cash infusion means the 2007 budget is, by far and away, the
largest increase in infrastructure spending in Canadian history.
The full list of
infrastructure initiatives can be
found here,
while the the full
budget itself can be seen
here.
Questions or concerns about municipal infrastructure?
Let's talk. I can be reached at:
Tel: (905) 670-7676
or: (800) 268-4664
Fax (905) 670-1512
6810 Invader Cres, Mississauga, ON
L5T 2B6
Veso Sobot, P.Eng.
Director, Corporate Affairs
IPEX Inc.
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Water:
the next Global Money-Maker
"Water is big business,
whether it's upgrading London's Victorian-era pipes or dealing with the
hundreds of Chinese cities that pump raw sewage into the ocean. So it's
no surprise some investment firms are selling water as the next hot
commodity to slake a parched portfolio."
More in Macleans magazine...
Demand for Water Filters
"gushing" in Montreal
Tell 75,000 residents not to drink their
tap water and
demand for water filters skyrockets. Montreal residents are angry, and
expecting class action lawsuits against the city.
Newer Technologies Provide Answers to Infrastructure Issues
Broken, unsafe
pipes... you wouldn't want to drink from them, why should your
residents?
Click here to discover the solution.
Watermain Break Clock hits $5.5 Billion Figure...
Flaherty's Infrastructure boost can't come soon
enough - consider the Watermain Break Clock,
which keeps on ticking, adding up the costs of broken watermains to
municipalities across North America,
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