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Liberals under pressure to provide more infrastructure dollars for the North

Conservative MP David Yurdiga says the Liberal government's infrastructure promise for rural and northern communities is 'seriously flawed' because it will be divided across the three northern territories and 10 provinces.

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI
May 17, 2017

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