Tag: water infrastructure
Toronto Begins Resilience Initiative, Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver Next
The City of Toronto in conjunction with 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) has launched a major effort to improve Toronto's resilience to the shocks and...
Water & Green Infrastructure Profiled in Morneau’s Fall Statement
In today’s Fall Economic Statement, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced new measures to ensure "middle class progress," to identify priorities for the Phase 2...
Alberta invests $117 million in critical water infrastructure
The Government of Alberta is making investments in water infrastructure that will create jobs and ensure clean water in communities across the province.
In Budget...
Minimal Public Support for Water Infrastructure Investment
More than 80 per cent of the 2,428 Canadians RBC recently surveyed feel there’s no need for major, immediate investment in their community’s drinking...
Lasting a Lifetime
As readers of Water Canada are well aware, there is a significant need for the upgrade of existing water infrastructure and the development of...
Infrastructure v. Politics
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released a new report which examines the best practices on long-term management of civic infrastructure, such as...
$3.2M for First Nations Projects Announced
Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, has announced an investment of approximately $7 million...
$9.9M for Regina Water Projects
The end of January saw a funding announcement of nearly $45.8 million from the federal, provincial and municipal governments for 15 new infrastructure projects...
Water Funds for Quebec
Two municipalities in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region, Saint Félix d'Otis and L'Anse Saint Jean, will share $532,273 under the federal-provincial gas tax agreement. The communities...
Full-Cost Pricing Necessary, Says Report
Consumers must pay for every unit of water they use, and the price must reflect the cost of supplying it, the Conference Board of...
