Municipalities have the greatest responsibility for public infrastructure in Canada, developing and operating 60 percent of it, despite having the least fiscal capacity of any order of government. Infrastructure investments by other orders of government, including cost-shared infrastructure grant programs and federal/provincial broadband development, are essential to the ongoing viability of communities in Saskatchewan, particularly given our diffuse population.
The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, which divided costs between federal, provincial, and municipal governments, has been fully allocated, but there is currently no program in place to continue the essential work of infrastructure development and support the federal and provincial interests in having modern and reliable municipal infrastructure in place.
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