{"id":11045,"date":"2015-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/canadas-ferries-call-on-feds-to-invest-in-crucial-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2021-01-22T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T16:48:19","slug":"canadas-ferries-call-on-feds-to-invest-in-crucial-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/canadas-ferries-call-on-feds-to-invest-in-crucial-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Ferries Call on Feds to Invest in Crucial Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 6, 2015 \u2013 Industry Minister James Moore told CTV\u2019s Question Period, yesterday, that Canadians will soon be seeing \u201cvery large-scale [infrastructure] announcements in every part of the country.\u201d \u00a0Moore went on to say that these investments will benefit Canadians and increase productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Responsible for moving more than 55 million people, 19 million vehicles, and millions of tonnes of goods annually, Canada\u2019s ferries are a pivotal component of our infrastructure system.\u00a0 Nothing would benefit productivity and Canadians more than further investments in ferry infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Ferry services are essential to many Canadians, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Remote Communities.<\/strong>\u00a0For some isolated regions, ferries are the only means for transporting goods and people and accessing emergency medical services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Transit.<\/strong>\u00a0Many ferries in Canada are a component of public transit systems in municipalities, bringing people to work and students to school daily.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Job Creation.<\/strong>\u00a0Ferry operators employ more than 9,000 people across the country.\u00a0 They plan to invest more than $1 billion to renew\/upgrade their fleets over the next 5 years, creating even more jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The government\u2019s New Building Canada Plan largely ignores the ferry sector.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Ferry Association is calling on the government to make investments in the ferry sector and amend the criteria of the New Building Canada Plan to allow projects that combine the transportation of goods and passengers to be eligible for funding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About CFA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Ferry Association is the national voice of ferries in Canada.\u00a0 Our members operate with the highest professional and operational standards and promote the safe operation of ferry services in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianferry.ca\">www.cfoa.ca<\/a> for more information.\u00a0 Follow us on Twitter @cdnferry.<\/p>\n<p>- 30 -<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Kristin Baldwin, Director of Communications<\/p>\n<p>613-686-3838<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:kbaldwin@cfoa.ca\">kbaldwin@cfoa.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 6, 2015 \u2013 Industry Minister James Moore told CTV\u2019s Question Period, yesterday, that Canadians will soon be seeing \u201cvery large-scale [infrastructure] announcements in every part of the country.\u201d \u00a0Moore went on to say that these investments will benefit Canadians and increase productivity. Responsible for moving more than 55 million people, 19 million vehicles, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11739,"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045\/revisions\/11739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianferry.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}