Fwd: infrastructure spending benefits

[Eric Mills]

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From: Rick Smith, Broadbent Institute <in...@broadbentinstitute.ca>
Date: Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:28 AM

We've all experienced gridlock and long delays on public transit -- signs of Canada's big infrastructure deficit.  That's why we wanted to get hard numbers on the economic benefits of a big public infrastructure spending initiative. We asked the country's leading economic modelling firm to do some number-crunching. Here's what the Centre for Spatial Economics found. In the short term, tens of thousands of good-paying jobs would be created, many in the construction sector. It would also boost GDP by $1.43 per $1 spent. Over the long run, it would enhance our competitiveness, encourage private sector investment, boost productivity and raise real wages. You can read about the report in the Globe and Mail or read the full study here. -- Rick Smith Executive Director Broadbent Institute Broadbent Institute · Canada You can keep up with Broadbent Institute on Twitter or Facebook.

[Brenda Thompson]

This article doesn't say anything about P3s so I am assuming we are talking about publicly delivered infrastructure, which

is hard to imagine because both the Conservatives and Liberals are pro-privatization and the NDP is so wishy washy they

would just go along with what the province or municipality wanted.

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 23:03:48 -0400
Subject: Fwd: infrastructure spending benefits
From: eric.m...@gmail.com
To: gtwa_trans...@googlegroups.com

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