Member Statement (28 March 2024)

From Hansard (28 March 2024)

 

Federal-Provincial Partnership Delivers on Infrastructure Needs

Mr. B. McLeod: — Mr. Speaker, through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, communities across Saskatchewan will receive a total of $45 million in joint funding for infrastructure projects, with the aim of safeguarding public health. These projects include the decommissioning of landfills and upgrades to wastewater treatment facilities and critical drinking water mains. Investments in critical infrastructure such as these will protect public health for generations.

Mr. Speaker, we are committed to growing communities and improving life for the people of Saskatchewan, communities like the village of Craven on the border of my constituency of Lumsden-Morse. Mr. Speaker, Craven will be receiving funding to improve their water treatment facility with two new water supply wells and the integration of two filters into the existing facility.

This is just one funding announcement, thanks to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, along with over 190 other infrastructure projects already announced with a total provincial contribution of nearly $275 million.

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to give a warm Saskatchewan thank you to our federal partners for these projects. And we will continue to foster the partnerships that lead to projects like these so we can deliver on the critical infrastructure needs of our communities, both today and into the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.