A look at how much the federal government spends on infrastructure

OTTAWA – Infrastructure spending by the federal government, by the numbers:

$3.32 billion: What Infrastructure Canada planned to spend in the 2014-15 fiscal year.

$3.676 billion: What Infrastructure Canada ended up being able to spend in the 2014-15 fiscal year.

$3.06 billion: What Infrastructure Canada spent in the 2014-15 fiscal year.

$3.6 billion: What Infrastructure Canada plans to spend this fiscal year.

$3.8 billion: What Infrastructure Canada plans to spend next fiscal year.

$5.1 billion: What the Liberals want to add to infrastructure spending in each of the next two fiscal years.

$125 billion: Proposed federal spending on infrastructure over the next 10 years.

16,700: Jobs created in one year for every $1 billion worth of infrastructure spending, according to a 2013 report from the Conference Board of Canada.

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