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Grits vow $125B for roads, child care, housing

Sudbury Liberal candidate Paul Lefebvre committed on Aug. 27 to working with both provincial and municipal levels of government to make significant new investments in public infrastructure.
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Sudbury Liberal candidate Paul Lefebvre committed on Aug. 27 to working with both provincial and municipal levels of government to make significant new investments in public infrastructure.

“Federal investments in building and maintaining municipal infrastructure are crucial to ensuring sustainable growth and prosperity that benefits all Sudburians,” Lefebvre said.

“Greater investment in public infrastructure will not only create immediate jobs in Sudbury, but will increase productivity, attract business investment, improve our environment and enhance our quality of life.”

In a news release, Lefebvre said “a Liberal government will nearly double federal infrastructure investment to almost $125 billion – from the current $65 billion – over the next decade, a transfer growing to an additional $9.5 billion by year ten.”

The Liberal plan includes:
Boosting investment in public transit by nearly $6 billion over the next four years, and nearly $20 billion over ten years;
Providing dedicated funding to invest in a broad range of projects, including: local water and wastewater facilities, climate resilient infrastructure, clean energy and clean-up of contaminated sites to facilitate new construction;
Providing new, dedicated funding for social infrastructure that prioritizes affordable housing and seniors facilities, early learning and child care, and cultural or recreational infrastructure;
Helping to build more housing units, refurbishing existing ones, renewing existing co-operative agreements and providing funding support for municipalities;
Funding the creation of thousands of new child care spaces, enhancing their quality and ensuring affordable child care spaces are available to more families who need them.

“Municipal infrastructure provides the foundation upon which Canada’s economy rests," Lefebvre said. "Businesses need good roads and safe bridges to deliver goods and services. In our riding, officials are doing their best to keep up, but Greater Sudbury is not getting enough support from the federal government.”

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