MESSAGE | CCA
CANADA’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY POWERED BY INFRASTRUCTURE By Mary Van Buren, President, Canadian Construction Association
The world in 2021 looks very different from
ficient to address the serious deficit of our
gram will create jobs, enhance communi
what many of us could have imagined just
aging infrastructure, as we have outlined in
ties, and ensure stability in the Canadian
over 14 months ago. COVID-19 has high
the Canadian Infrastructure Report Card.
economy over the years to come. Part of the
lighted our resiliency as an industry. Com
The funding must also be better planned,
plan must include the swift rollout of ex
panies and their employees adapted quickly
ensuring that municipalities, provinces,
isting funds from the Investing in Canada
to new ways of working and continued to
and the federal government are lined up,
Plan and greater flexibility in how funds are
deliver the essential services that Canadians
and that project tenders and the related new
allocated to meet specific provincial and
rely on every day. This is a point of pride
build, maintenance, or retrofit flow smooth
municipal needs.
we all share as we forge ahead, focused on
ly. Canada needs year over year consistency
With improved coordination, communi
economic recovery.
and a longer-term strategy to promote eco
cation, and transparency between all levels
We are advocating that part of the federal
nomic stability and boost employment, so a
of government, infrastructure investments
government’s strategy to accelerate eco
12-year plan is not enough. Infrastructure
can be delivered more efficiently, speeding
nomic recovery across Canada must in
operates on a 25-year cycle, which is why
up the start of projects and getting people
clude infrastructure investment supported
the Canadian Construction Association
back to work.
by training. While billions of dollars have
(CCA) has been calling on the federal gov
The recent announcement of Canada’s
already been earmarked through the In
ernment to commit to a 25-year plan for
first-ever National Infrastructure Assess
vesting in Canada Plan, these funds are sit
infrastructure investment in Canada with
ment is a step in the right direction. While
ting in limbo between layers of government.
prescribed annual commitment levels.
the federal government has shown leader
These billions, while necessary, are not suf
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