$35B in infrastructure spending planned over 3 years

Ontario’s minority Liberals used Thursday’s budget to clearly signal their dedication to bolstering the province’s infrastructure by allocating $35 billion in spending over three years, one of the largest commitments to a single element in their fiscal plan.

The province aims to spend nearly $13.5 billion in 2013-2014 on building transit, highways, hospitals, post-secondary institutions and hospitals.

“We will continue to make investments in modern infrastructure,” Finance Minister Charles Sousa said in the legislature.