With talk of infrastructure spending and private investors comes the inevitable talk of toll roads and user fees, but how else do we think this will be paid for. Infrastructure such as roads,sewers, bridges etc. have been allowed to deteriorate in this country as provincial governments always found something else to spend the money on. Now many of our provincial governments are up to their ears in debt and have no money to fund these projects. We, or at least the governments have delayed these projects where certain areas are becoming dangerous.
  We would all howl if our taxes are raised in order to cover the costs, and many would complain if there were cuts to services, so sharing the cost and passing the cost on in part to those who use things like roads and bridges, seems like a reasonable solution.