Budget 2010

Budget includes $7.7 billion in infrastructure stimulus funding

The 2010 federal budget charts a path for job growth by staying the course mapped out by the Conservatives’ stimulus plan while limiting government spending, Canada’s finance minister says.

No extension of stimulus project deadline concerns Canadian Construction Association

With no new infrastructure funding for Canada’s construction industry to sink its shovels into in Budget 2010, a concern still remains for stimulus projects currently underway, says the Canadian Construction Association.

Canadian Construction Association taking wait and see approach to Red Tape Commission

Ottawa is looking to slash through bureaucracy by establishing a Red Tape Commission. The government wants the commission to review federal regulations to help reduce compliance burdens and unnecessary regulations.

Canadian Construction Association calls for ‘tapered withdrawal’ of stimulus

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s handling of the federal infrastructure stimulus tap in the shadow of a $39.4 billion deficit is a key item in Thursday’s federal budget, says the Canadian Construction Association.

Highlights from the federal budget for 2010-11

The just released federal budget for 2010-11 contains total spending of $280.5 billion, up $12.8 billion over last year.