Today's joint funding announcement is both sensible and welcome. Ontario needs the help.
That said, does it, perhaps, make a fall election more likely?
Ontario to get $7.8-billion for infrastructure
KAREN HOWLETT AND DANIEL LEBLANC
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
TORONTO, OTTAWA — The federal government will announce today that it is inking a deal with Ontario to spend $7.8-billion in the province on public transit, roads and bridges as part of its plan to maintain and expand the country's infrastructure systems, sources say.
The Ontario government will sign an agreement under Ottawa's infrastructure plan, called Building Canada, which will see the Harper government spend $33-billion over seven years on infrastructure projects across the country.
Ontario will become the latest province to reach a so-called framework agreement with Ottawa, which will set out how it will use its $7.8-billion share of the funding, federal and provincial sources said.
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