Canada

Ottawa Will Spend $159 Billion on Infrastructure Over Next 5 Years: Budget Watchdog

Ottawa Will Spend $159 Billion on Infrastructure Over Next 5 Years: Budget Watchdog
Shipping containers are moved in the Port of Montreal on Sept. 30, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
Olivia Gomm
|Updated:
0:00

Ottawa will spend more than $159 billion on infrastructure projects over the next five years, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) estimates.

The Liberal government is expected to spend more than $30 billion each year between fiscal 2025-2026 and 2029-2030, according to a Sept. 18 PBO report on federal infrastructure spending.
Olivia Gomm
Olivia Gomm
Author
Olivia Gomm is a news reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.