Kinew, Gillingham hope to get their hands on some of Ottawa’s promised $51B in infrastructure funds

As Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government puts its dollars behind infrastructure spending in its first budget, Manitoba’s elected officials are eyeing the pie.

Premier Wab Kinew said he’s seeking details on the promised $51 billion, particularly for agriculture-sector investments.

“It’s been a tough time with the canola tariffs, the pork tariffs and all the uncertainty with the Trump administration,” Kinew said Tuesday after Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the long-anticipated budget in the House of Commons.

Kinew pointed to the Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture in Brandon and the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange in downtown Winnipeg as “shovel-ready projects.”

The Port of Churchill was mentioned often in the 2025 budget, Kinew not