The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) reports provinces are collectively spending more than ever on highways. The Road and Infrastructure Program of Canada (TRIP), a special committee of CCA, cites an overall rise from $7.6 to $8.3 billion, with New Brunswick and Quebec planning highway capital budgets of $326 million and $2.73 billion—respective increases of 88 and 61 per cent.

Those two provinces, along with Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador, are setting records in terms of the spending.

In related news, Saskatchewan also signed an April deal with the federal government for $635 million in infrastructure over seven years via the Building Canada plan. Further, Ottawa has announced it would consider putting the province's Highway 11 twinning (i.e. widening of a road by constructing another one next to it) as a top priority.