The Liberals sold the first of their infrastructure program by saying that the money, $ 11.3 billion of which was
committed on a cash basis between April 2016 and this Saturday, would grow the economy by 0.2 per cent in the first 12 - months and then by 0.4 per cent in the ensuing 12 months.
The MoneyTree report, for example, is
based on the funding date when
cash actually changes hands, as opposed to when the money is
committed, says Mark McCaffrey, global software leader for PwC.