Municipal Affairs
August 15, 2016
Media Advisory: Federal, Provincial Governments to Make Infrastructure Announcement
The Honourable Judy Foote, federal Minister of Public Services and Procurement, and the Honourable Eddie Joyce, Minister of Municipal Affairs, will announce federal-provincial investments in infrastructure through the Small Communities Fund component of the New Building Canada Plan tomorrow (Tuesday, August 16) at the Meadows Community Centre, Meadows. The event begins at 2:30 p.m.
The ministers will be joined by Long Range Mountains MP Gudie Hutchings and local municipal leaders.
The Small Communities Fund supports cost-shared infrastructure projects in communities across Canada with less than 100,000 residents. For more information on the Small Communities Fund, see: www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/sc-cp-eng.html
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Media contact:
Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Municipal Affairs
Phone: 709-729-1983, 697-5061
Email: heathermay@gov.nl.ca
2016 08 15 2:45 p.m.