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Legislation

During the week of June 19, debate in the House of Commons will focus on: Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential…

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New Call for Applications Open for Greener Neighbourhoods Pilot Program

A second call for proposals under the Greener Neighbourhoods Pilot Program, focused on demonstration projects, has been opened. This call will support up to six aggregated deep energy retrofit projects in…

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House of Commons Finance Committee Launches 2024 Pre-Budget Consultations

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance is inviting Canadians to participate in its annual pre-budget consultations process. The Committee intends to table a report on these consultations in the House…

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U.S. Senate Confirms FHWA Administrator

The U.S. Senate on December 8, 2022, confirmed Shailen Bhatt as the nation’s 21st Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The vote came nearly six months after President Biden…

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DOL Announces Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program

With an initial $80M in funds to soon be made available, the U.S. Dept. of Labor (DOL) has announced that applications will soon be accepted for its Building Pathways to…

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APWA Policy Priorities for Streamlining Permitting in Debt Ceiling Agreement

The agreement included nearly all the structural components of the BUILDER Act (sponsored by one of the key ceiling negotiators, Rep. Garrett Graves), which APWA President Keith Pugh testified before…

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On the Horizon

Summer Recess on the Horizon—Could There Be a Cabinet Reshuffling? With the passing of the Budget Implementation Bill from the House of Common on Thursday, June 8, it need only…

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2022 Hurricane Fiona Rehabilitation Federal Investment

On June 9, Heath MacDonald, Member of Parliament for Malpeque, on behalf the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced a…

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National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated Funding Announced

On June 8, Jeff Loucks, Chief Executive Officer, as well as Gary Wilson, Vice Chair, and Robert Byers, Secretary of the National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI), and the Minister…

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A Study on Electrification of Local Transit in Alberta

On June 6, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, Her Worship Tanya Thorn, Mayor of Okotoks, and Josipa Petrunić, President and CEO of the…

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