Construction industry group delivers infrastructure message to Ontario’s finance minister

By Infrastructure News —— Bio and Archives January 28, 2009

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Ontario’s finance minister has been delivered a clear and unified message from the construction industry — revitalization and investment in infrastructure will create sustainable economic activity.

“There is no doubt that investing in infrastructure will do more to speed a recovery, support local industry and create jobs than anything else,” says Andy Manahan, executive director of the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO). RCCAO met with Dwight Duncan, finance minister for Ontario, this week to deliver not only its association’s recommendations concerning the current economic slowdown, but also those of an unprecedented collection of construction stakeholders who met at a recent industry roundtable. More...