Tuesday, February 3, 2015
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Premiers gathered in Ottawa last week to talk about pressing needs for Canadian infrastructure investment. As the Council of the Federation meeting, chaired by PEI Premier Robert Ghiz, began to address the infrastructure deficit, Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver emailed a media statement: ".. some premiers appear oblivious to the consequences of the current global instability and the dramatic decline in the price of oil."
Finance Minister Joe Oliver does not want to recognize that spending on public infrastructure is a good way of strengthening a weak Canadian economy.