Infrastructure and Communities
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Infrastructure and Communities is a sub-level cabinet portfolio under the Minister of Transport (Canada)
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The portfolio is responsible for federal public infrastructure programs and issues relating to rural
and urban
communities across Canada
. It is assigned to an associated critic for the Minister of Transport (Canada)
.
The post was once under the Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities briefly from 2003 to 2006:
Minister of Transport (Canada)
The Minister of Transport is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's transportation regulatory and development department, Transport Canada...
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The portfolio is responsible for federal public infrastructure programs and issues relating to rural
Rural
Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
and urban
Urban area
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...
communities across Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is assigned to an associated critic for the Minister of Transport (Canada)
Minister of Transport (Canada)
The Minister of Transport is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's transportation regulatory and development department, Transport Canada...
.
The post was once under the Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities briefly from 2003 to 2006:
- John GodfreyJohn GodfreyJohn Ferguson Godfrey, PC is a Canadian educator, journalist and former Member of Parliament.- Education :He was born in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Senator John Morrow Godfrey , was a Canadian pilot, lawyer and politician. John Godfrey graduated from Upper Canada College in 1960...
2003-2006