West of Centre

Is that all there is?


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The prime minister’s $2.2 billion infrastructure announcement this week had many rural and urban leaders asking, “is that all there is?” The money isn't new, but will come all at once, instead of the usual two annual payments. It will be shared among more than 3,500 communities. It’s far from the $10 billion the Federation of Canadian Municipalities had lobbied for. Kathleen Petty talks to the mayor of Saskatoon and a rural Alberta councilor, both vice-chairs of FCM’s Western Economic Solutions Taskforce, about what they do now amidst a deepening economic crisis.
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