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Toby Sanger

Toby Sanger is the senior economist for the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Opinion | BY TOBY SANGER | October 31, 2016
The advisory council is calling on Ottawa to create a Canadian Infrastructure Development Bank and fund it with $40-billion. They suggest this would attract an additional $160-billion from private institutional investors to finance large public infrastructure projects, including toll highways and bridges, high-speed rail, ports, airports, power transmission, public transit, 'smart-city,' broadband, and natural resource infrastructure. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY TOBY SANGER | October 31, 2016
Opinion | BY TOBY SANGER | October 31, 2016
The advisory council is calling on Ottawa to create a Canadian Infrastructure Development Bank and fund it with $40-billion. They suggest this would attract an additional $160-billion from private institutional investors to finance large public infrastructure projects, including toll highways and bridges, high-speed rail, ports, airports, power transmission, public transit, 'smart-city,' broadband, and natural resource infrastructure. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright