Sentences with phrase «in federal infrastructure»

If this administration is capable of making modifications or more liberal interpretations of scoring rules, then there are some real possibilities for investment in federal infrastructure, says Test.

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Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

«I think many states would have a serious challenge in providing 80 % of funding for viable infrastructure projects,» said one lobbyist closely involved in tracking the issue, referring to the component of the White House plan that caps federal investment at 20 %.

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What will come of Trump's promise to turn a $ 200 billion federal government investment into $ 1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending, with the rest coming from the private sector?

The vast majority of ideas in the playbook — covering areas including taxes, the federal budget, entitlements, infrastructure, immigration, energy, regulation, and education — garnered between 60 % and 80 % support in our polls.

The lobbyist said that rural states would be most adversely impacted, noting that even though Trump's plan includes $ 50 billion in federal funding for rural infrastructure projects, that may be a high enough compensatory figure.

Trump called for $ 200 billion in federal money intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in state and local infrastructure spending.

President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25 - cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for his plan to upgrade U.S. public infrastructure, a congressional aide said.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastruInfrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructureinfrastructure program.

In addition to tax reforms to help pay for the measure, she'd develop a national infrastructure bank to help shore up private investment in federal projectIn addition to tax reforms to help pay for the measure, she'd develop a national infrastructure bank to help shore up private investment in federal projectin federal projects.

Perth company director Sharon Warburton has been named as the incoming chair of a soon - to - be-established federal government fund that will have $ 5 billion to spend on infrastructure in northern Australia.

For instance, last fall his council urged the federal government to ante up $ 40 billion for the CIB, in hopes of luring four times that much in private investment for infrastructure projects like toll bridges and highways, ports and power transmission networks.

Because of its ongoing supervisory relationships with the banks that provided settlement services to Drexel's subsidiaries and its knowledge of the payment and settlement system's infrastructure, the Federal Reserve had the access, contacts, and in - depth knowledge that enabled it to obtain the information it needed to evaluate this complex problem and formulate a plan to address it.»

Morneau earmarked $ 15 billion in up - front capital — a thin slice of the $ 180 billion the federal government is pumping into infrastructure overall, mainly the old publicly financed way, through shared - funding deals with provinces and municipalities.

The new federal government pledges to boost infrastructure investments, but will it be enough to offset continued weakness in private capital spending?

Federal coffers are set to dole out $ 186.7 billion in infrastructure money over the next 12 years, but the most recent federal budget indicated about one - quarter of planned spending between 2016 and 2019 was being moved to futureFederal coffers are set to dole out $ 186.7 billion in infrastructure money over the next 12 years, but the most recent federal budget indicated about one - quarter of planned spending between 2016 and 2019 was being moved to futurefederal budget indicated about one - quarter of planned spending between 2016 and 2019 was being moved to future years.

If the federal government required projected climate conditions to be considered when spending on infrastructure in flood - prone areas, construction practices would change, he added, noting the same pressures would drive chemical plants or other industries to have a wider margin of safety.

President Donald Trump's infrastructure agenda, unveiled on August 15, centered on rescinding Obama - era plans to require consideration of flood risk and climate change in any federal spending for infrastructure or housing and the like.

In fact, the P3 approach does nothing to solve the fundamental infrastructure funding challenge faced by governments at the local, state, and federal levels.

The federal Liberals came to power a year ago in large part on their promise to invest $ 120 billion in infrastructure over the next decade, essentially doubling Ottawa's spending from the previous 10 years.

The federal Liberal government, citing its jurisdiction over infrastructure projects that cross provincial boundaries, granted approval of the project in 2016.

The Trump administration is preparing to release an infrastructure plan in the coming weeks that reportedly includes at least $ 200 billion in federal spending that would jumpstart investment from the private sector, and state and local governments.

In the last federal budget, Natural Resources Canada was allocated $ 2.5 million over the next two years to study regional clean energy cooperation, with the aim of identifying «the most promising electricity infrastructure projects with the potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas reductions.»

The Trump administration plans to release an infrastructure plan that reportedly includes at least $ 200 billion in federal spending.

Prominent Republican lawmakers are already coming out against raising the federal gas tax to pay for the president's promised $ 1 trillion investment in infrastructure.

Thanks to pockets of investment for things like a new $ 1.2 billion medical center that will spearhead bio-tech research, and a staggering $ 70 billion in federal aid that has gone to rebuilding infrastructure — including a $ 15 billion state of the art levee system — Landrieu says, the city has created 9,100 new jobs since his administration took over in 2010.

Ahead of the morning meeting, part of a three - day cabinet retreat and strategy session in New Brunswick, Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi said the government is also looking at the shared funding formula to see if provinces would also end up paying less, which would leave the federal government on the hook to pay more.

Over the next decade, our Government will invest 70 billion dollars in federal, provincial, territorial and community infrastructure.

That's why, in Economic Action Plan 2013, our Government launched the new Building Canada Plan, the largest long - term federal commitment to infrastructure in Canadian history.

In federal and provincial budgets infrastructure spending is in fact amortized over its service life rather than recognized when it is put in placIn federal and provincial budgets infrastructure spending is in fact amortized over its service life rather than recognized when it is put in placin fact amortized over its service life rather than recognized when it is put in placin place.

Consumption growth was robust in the third quarter, supported by the new Canada Child Benefit, while the effects of federal infrastructure spending are not yet evident in the GDP data.

However, a budget deficit that takes the form of transfer payments to banks, as in the case of the post-September 2008 bank bailout, the Federal Reserve's $ 2 trillion in cash - for - trash financial swaps and the $ 700 billion QE2 credit creation by the Federal Reserve to lend to banks at 0.25 % interest in 2011, has a different effect from deficits that reflect social spending programs, Social Security and Medicare, public infrastructure investment or the purchase of other goods and services.

So don't expect a focussed debate in the 2015 election on the need for a new economic growth strategy, one based on a federal - provincial initiative to modernize our infrastructure, and create better economic prospects.

So don't expect a focussed debate in the 2015 election on the need for a new economic growth strategy, one based on a federal provincial initiative to modernize our infrastructure, and create better economic prospects.

The federal - provincial deals required to launch a decade - long, multibillion - dollar infrastructure spree must be negotiated and finalized in the next few months.

Rarely in the news lately is the federal government's massive infrastructure plan, even though, back in the 2015 campaign, it loomed large.

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, a low - profile minister with a high - impact portfolio, must hammer out huge bilateral deals with all the provinces for their slices of $ 33 billion in federal funds for ribbon - cutting - worthy projects like big public transit expansions.

If Cali pays out tons into federal coffers and Alabama receives that, then Cali loses real earnings regardless of what investment levels are unless it's infrastructure spending, in which case it's not a zero - sum game where everyone can benefit.

Morneau has yet to launch his much - discussed Canada Infrastructure Bank, designed to use $ 15 billion in federal money to lure much more in private investment into profit - making projects like toll roads and power grids.

They are definitely not interested in more infrastructure spending, arguing the federal government is already doing enough, despite pleading from the provinces and municipalities that much more is needed.

Should the federal government continue to abdicate leadership in key policy issues of health care, pension reform, Aboriginal issues, education and research, and modernizing Canada's infrastructure?

President Trump has vowed to help bring back the industry by rolling back environmental regulations, offering tax breaks to invest in infrastructure and ending a moratorium on mining on federal land enforced by President Obama.

But then, Larson said, there's the third and longest stage of disaster relief — the one in which federal and local government rebuild the infrastructure crippled by the hurricane, and try to get life as close to normal as possible.

It continues to be important that provincial and regional commitments are made to fully participate in cost - sharing of the Federal Government's Public Transit Infrastructure Fund.

The provinces and mayors have called on the federal government to help them in addressing this infrastructure gap, but Harper refuses to meet with them.

The way I'd finance infrastructure is by sharply raising capital ratios across the banking system to ~ 20 - 25 % and using some of that capital to purchase shares in a newly created Federal Infrastructuinfrastructure is by sharply raising capital ratios across the banking system to ~ 20 - 25 % and using some of that capital to purchase shares in a newly created Federal InfrastructureInfrastructure Bank (FIB).

In the 2015 election, Trudeau ran on an economic platform that touted deficit - financed infrastructure spending and a boost in federal benefits for families with kidIn the 2015 election, Trudeau ran on an economic platform that touted deficit - financed infrastructure spending and a boost in federal benefits for families with kidin federal benefits for families with kids.

Beyond offering cash for EV charging infrastructure (a welcome gesture but still insufficient), the federal government so far has done little to help Canada achieve the kind of growth in EV uptake now happening in Europe, China and the U.S..

But the main ingredient in our forecast is the federal infrastructure program, which is well under way but not yet evident in the economic indicators we are tracking.