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Budget to include $2B for PSE infrastructure

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In recent weeks, both the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges have been lobbying the federal government for funds to improve post-secondary education infrastructure. It appears that they have succeeded.

According to Transport Minister John Baird, tomorrow’s federal budget will include $2 billion in spending for maintenance and construction at colleges and universities across the country over the next two years.

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