The territories collectively lowered their infrastructure spending levels compared to what their spending plans were before the Liberal plan was introduced
OTTAWA — Infrastructure spending in the three northern territories was lower over the last two years than it would have been in the absence of the federal government’s $188-billion infrastructure program, according to another new report that raises doubt over the success of one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s signature undertakings.
That lower spending in the provinces and territories contradicts a central assumption in Trudeau’s infrastructure program, which was partly rooted in the notion that higher spending at the federal level would incentivize lower orders of government to likewise allocate more money toward infrastructure. Instead, that spending appears to have been absorbed by the provinces and territories and funnelled into other budget items, like healthcare or education, for example.
The prime minister first unveiled the $188-billion spending program as part of a campaign promise in 2015. The program aims to dole out the cash over a roughly 12-year period, reinvigorating aging roads, bridges and light rail systems, as well as boosting funding for clean technologies and telecommunications lines, among other things.The program had a slow start soon after being offi cially introduced in the 2016 budget. Federal spending on the first phase of the program, roughly $14.
Still, infrastructure spending in both the provinces and territories is on the rise, despite being lower than previous estimates.
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