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Indigenous infrastructure gap estimated at more than $425B (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy to c/canada
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As the Trudeau government prepares to release this year's federal budget, Indigenous organizations estimate it would take more than $425 billion to close the infrastructure gap in their communities by the government's 2030 goal.

While the bulk of that staggering sum comes from the Assembly of First Nations' nearly $350-billion assessment of the infrastructure gap facing an on-reserve population of 400,000, the assembly is not alone in this exercise.

The national organization for 70,000 Inuit in Canada says it would cost $75.1 billion to close the gap in Inuit Nunangat, the traditional northern Inuit homeland encompassing 51 communities and four regions.

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[–] JohnnyCanuck 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Add 20% for remoteness and we're at 36 billion

50% and we're at 45. It's not going to be 10-15 times more.

[–] girlfreddy -2 points 1 year ago

You are failing to include the true costs again.

Diesel fuel specifically represents nearly half of all cargo by weight transported over the study period and is used to generate a significant amount of electricity in communities in comparison to energy needs (as hydro lines are not built into many remote First Nations' communities)

Construction materials delivered by air are being used in the building and renovating of community infrastructure, while transportation by water and by land are supported by air transportation (e.g. boats and snowmobiles brought in by air).

Air transportation in the north is dependent on air transportation due to the aviation gas and jet fuel being flown into remote communities.

Airlines face significant infrastructural and operating limitations that affect air service including a lack of weather reporting at 12 out of 26 remote airports (46%), inadequate de-icing facilities at remote airports, only two fueling points outside of bases, and short gravel runways that prohibit modern aircraft.

Source = "Northern Ontario Air Transportation and Remote Community Resilience and Wellbeing" https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/103693/1/Dimayuga_Pia_Isabel_202011_MAS_thesis.pdf