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Ottawa needs so much money for its infrastructure backlog | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: The problem with infrastructure is that a lot of it suffers from that terrible affliction known as “being boring.”

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In 2003, I published a book on public infrastructure in Canada, called Down the Road Never Travelled. It warned against infrastructure deficits and how much more money we’d have to spend rebuilding roads, sewers and bridges if we didn’t devote enough resources to their upkeep. I’m finding myself at the public park with beer in my hand and a bad case of déjà vu.

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