Question Period Note: 2022-23 Departmental Plan

The 2022-23 Departmental Plan will be tabled in Parliament on March 2, 2022.

• The Departmental Plan outlines our work with all orders of government, Indigenous communities and other stakeholders to invest in infrastructure that helps build strong and resilient communities, fight climate change and grow the economy.

• Infrastructure Canada (INFC) plans to spend $9.3 billion in 2022-23 to support economic recovery, create jobs and protect the health and wellbeing of Canadians.

• INFC will meet a variety of community needs and foster more inclusive and sustainable communities including through:
  o Supporting efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness;
  o Ramping up permanent public transit funding.

• Infrastructure Canada’s (INFC) 2022-23 Departmental Plan lays out the department’s work over the next year to deliver results that will build a healthier, more resilient future and improve the quality of life for all Canadians.

• Climate change is an existential threat and building a cleaner, greener future will require a sustained and collaborative effort from all of us. To mitigate the effects of climate change and extreme weather, INFC will build resilience through Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy, including by creating open-access climate toolkits to support Canada’s path to net-zero emissions. Additionally, the department will continue to implement the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund to keep communities safe and help them adapt to current and future climate-related risks.

• Additionally, the department is committed to protecting the environment and reducing emissions. As such, INFC is investing in green and inclusive community buildings, clean power and sustainable water and wastewater solutions. The department is also providing funding for projects that increase access to green spaces and protect the natural environment through the Natural Infrastructure Fund.

• Resilience is also an important factor in the department’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. INFC is funding projects to ensure safe access to community spaces and public infrastructure through the COVID-19 Resilience stream. While this stream improves ventilation in public infrastructure, the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative is also integral in helping communities to adapt local public infrastructure.

• The department will also foster inclusion for all Canadians in communities. Under Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy, INFC will ensure that services, supports and housing are funded to prevent and reduce homelessness.

• Another key part of making communities inclusive and sustainable is through permanent funding for public transit to provide reliable and accessible public transit options for Canadians. Through the three dedicated transit streams—the Zero Emission Transit Fund, Active Transportation Fund, and Rural Transit Solutions Fund — we are supporting cleaner public transit systems, active lifestyles, and transit solutions tailored to the needs of rural and remote communities.

• In order to continue to make investments that best serve communities in the future, INFC will work in close collaboration with other federal departments, provinces, territories, municipalities, Indigenous communities and other stakeholders, and will advance work on Canada’s first National Infrastructure Assessment to identify the country’s long-term infrastructure needs and priorities.

• At the same time, the department will promote economic growth by continuing to work with portfolio organizations and the private sector to support the efficient flow of people and goods by supporting our major bridge projects and leveraging alternative financing options.

The table below shows the breakdown of planned spending under Infrastructure Canada’s Transfer Payment Programs. These amounts reflect planned federal cash flows to provinces, territories and municipalities.
Name of Program Transfer Payment Program Planned Spending for 2022-23
Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program $2,453,518,523
Canada Community-Building Fund (formerly, the Gas Tax Fund) $2,268,966,610
New Building Canada Fund-Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component- National and Regional Projects $1,497,444,332
Reaching Home Program $498,911,999
Public Transit Infrastructure Fund $468,815,032
Green and Inclusive Community Buildings $435,558,933
Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund $336,430,545
New Building Canada Fund–National Infrastructure Component $224,622,460
Clean Water and Wastewater Fund $159,459,744
New Building Canada Fund–Provincial–Territorial Infrastructure Component–Small Communities Fund $150,239,018
Building Canada Fund – Major Infrastructure Component $154,059,658
Waterfront Toronto $115,148,216
Permanent Public Transit Program $86,073,000
Natural Infrastructure Fund $68,700,992
Smart Cities Challenge $60,794,472
Green Infrastructure Fund $60,585,149
Building Canada Fund – Communities Component $22,398,186
Border Infrastructure Fund $5,593,403
Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund $4,200,000
Research and Knowledge Initiative $2,800,000
P3 Canada Fund $0
Municipal Asset Management Program $0
Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program $0
Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Program $0
Canada Healthy Communities Initiative $0

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