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But as you know, the percentages are using a much higher base and therefore result in much higher numbers, and Canada's infrastructure investment is much, much, much, much lower than it was back then. In fact, Canadian infrastructure is actually in the negative right now, to the tune of around-$270 billion dollars.
Canada has not invested in significant new infrastructure since the mid-60's (Ottawa is Canada's fastest-growing city and the newest hospital we have, opened in 1966) and right now, we're almost $300 billion in the hole, and we barely repair what we have, let alone build major new projects like hospitals, universities, airports and major new highways.
Opinion: Canada’s infrastructure deficit threatens economic competitiveness and quality of life
So basically Canada (and much of the Western world) is royally screwed and the Liberal answer is always "more people", which just makes things worse when we're continually stuffing more and more people into the same base infrastructure.
It reminds me of the history lessons I learned about the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, where excessive decadence, economic instability, large-scale migrations by barbarian hordes, corruption, indulgence of the elite, and overall societal decay helped lead to its downfall - anything sound familiar there?
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