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Liberals get it wrong

Dion’s plan is inefficient way to fix infrastructure



"Dad, the guy behind us must think you're drunk!"

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That was my 14-year-old son last week as I dodged and weaved along de Maisonneuve Blvd. on the way home from school, trying to avoid gaping potholes that, if I'd hit them, would have put a hole in the family's transportation infrastructure, i.e., our minivan. Talk about tipping points: Some Montreal potholes are so big they look like entire vehicles could fall in. But not to worry. A rescuer is on the way. People convinced we have a severe national infrastructure problem, such as the country's hundreds of mayors, will be delighted by Liberal leader Stéphane Dion's new infrastructure policy, announced last week before a Federation of Canadian Municipalities' conference in Ottawa. Or maybe they'll be delighted, depending on how much money eventually shows up. Dion's policy is to spend any unanticipated federal surplus greater than $3 billion on infrastructure projects. There will be base budgets for infrastructure, too. But anything above and beyond $3 billion that isn't needed for emergency spending will go to infrastructure. That's a change from the Conservative policy, which devotes any unanticipated surplus to debt reduction. More...


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