Edmonton wants the province to invest more than $2 billion in stimulus spending to create up to nearly 10,500 construction jobs this summer and next.
The list calls for spending on road work, rec centres and flood mitigation. “One of the things that senior governments can do is open the taps on infrastructure,” Mayor Don Iveson said in an interview Tuesday with Global News. “Just as in 2008 in the financial crisis, cities were able to spring into action and deploy stimulus quickly and create job support and demand in the economy.
We’re prepared to do that.” Iveson said the list is based on the City Plan and its goals of creating a more efficient Edmonton.