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I don't know if CBC changed the headline or if OP did, but it's "Feds will stop investing in 'large' road projects, environment minister says" (emphasis mine)
by wk_end 3y ago
I don't know if CBC changed the headline or if OP did, but it's
"Feds will stop investing in 'large' road projects, environment minister says"
(emphasis mine)
> Guilbeault later clarified his remarks, telling reporters Wednesday that he meant to say Ottawa will not put up the cash for "large" road projects.
> "Of course we're funding roads. We have programs to fund roads," he said.
> Guilbeault said Monday the federal government will be there to support provinces paying for maintenance but Ottawa has decided that existing road infrastructure "is perfectly adequate to respond to the needs we have."
> "There will be no more envelopes from the federal government to enlarge the road network," Guilbeault said, according to quotes published in the Montreal Gazette.
> "We can very well achieve our goals of economic, social and human development without more enlargement of the road network."
> Guilbeault said the federal government is intent on moving people out of their cars and into public transportation, which the government has spent billions to build.
> He said the federal government also wants to encourage "active transit," which means getting people to walk and cycle.
- ta1243 3y agoCBC https://web.archive.org/web/20240214164536/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guilbeault-no-new-roads-1.7114867 https://web.archive.org/web/20240214164536/https://www.cbc.c... > Feds will stop investing in new road infrastructure, environment minister says They say the minister later clarified his remarks. I really wish news sites had a wikipedia style revision history, would do wonders for transparency.