Six major headings are used to summarize the main themes of Budget 2023: • Making life more affordable and supporting the middle class; • Investing in public health care and affordable dental care; • Affordable energy, good jobs, and a growing clean economy; • Advancing reconciliation and building a Canada that works for everyone; • Canada’s leadership in the world; and • Effective government and. [...] • $3 billion over 13 years, starting in 2023–24, to Natural Resources Canada to: o Recapitalize funding for the Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program to support critical regional priorities and Indigenous-led projects, and add transmission projects to the program’s eligibility; o Renew the Smart Grid program to continue to support electricity grid innovation; and o Create new inves. [...] • $27.2 million over five years, starting in 2023–24, to Transport Canada to establish a Transportation Supply Chain Office to work with industry and other orders of government to respond to disruptions and better coordinate action to increase the capacity, efficiency, and reliability of Canada’s transportation supply chain infrastructure. [...] Investments include: • $31.7 million over three years, starting in 2023–24, to Public Safety Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to work with the Department of Finance Canada to stand-up a low-cost flood insurance program, aimed at protecting households at high risk of flooding and without access to adequate insurance. [...] Engineers have the skills and technical expertise to work collaboratively with the federal government on environmental assessments and regulatory processes and to develop solutions, providing unbiased, innovative, and transparent advice regarding climate change and extreme weather events and their impacts on infrastructure and communities.
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