Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, is flanked by Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser, left, and mayor of Halifax Mike Savage while making a housing announcement in Dartmouth, N.S. on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued his pre-budget announcement circuit on Tuesday, unveiling a new $6 billion housing infrastructure fund meant to accelerate residential construction across the country. Most of the new program will be allocated to provinces and territories through bilateral agreements that must be signed by the end of the year, and the rest of the money will go directly to municipalities. The funding is meant to support investment in water, wastewater, and other infrastructure essential to new home construction.to Trudeau requesting new infrastructure funding to be introduced in the upcoming federal budget, which will be released April 16.
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