Tag: Omar Alghabra
Feds take first steps towards building new train service
Transport Canada announced it is taking the first steps in preparing for the procurement process to build a new train service in the Toronto to Quebec City...
Agreement reached with CPR on the Lac- Mégantic Rail Bypass project
Transport Canada announced the signing of an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway company to move forward on the Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project.
This is...
Transport Canada to complete Lac-Mégantic railway bypass
Transport Canada announced that the government still intends to complete the Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project in 2023.
“We achieved a number of milestones in recent...
Transport Canada introduces new funding programs to support Canada’s airports
Transport Canada announced the launch of two new contribution funding programs to help Canada's airports recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including...
Research on climate change impacts to northern transportation infrastructure
Today the Government of Canada announced investment for an important new climate change adaptation research project under the Northern Transportation Adaptation Initiative.
Northern infrastructure is...
Major rehabilitation work ahead for Victoria bridge in Montreal
The Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, has announced a contribution agreement of nearly $15 million over three years with CN to carry out rehabilitation...
Investments to modernize public transit infrastructure in Misssissauga
Today new strategic funding was announced to support 12 projects that will modernize and improve public transit in Mississauga, Ontario.
The Government of Canada is...
Prime Minister shuffles cabinet, including transportation portfolio
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted a small but significant virtual shuffle of his ministers today, moving ministers around in three prominent files that will...