{"id":"supporting-major-projects-across-country-mackenzie-valley-highway","slug":"supporting-major-projects-across-country-mackenzie-valley-highway","title":"Supporting major projects across the country - Mackenzie Valley Highway","chapter":2,"section":"2.1","section_title":"Building a stronger, more sovereign economy","heading":"Supporting major projects across the country","in_cost_table":true,"capital":true,"fiscal":{"unit":"CAD millions","basis":"accrual, incremental impact on budgetary balance (expense or forgone revenue)","years":["2026-27","2027-28","2028-29","2029-30","2030-31"],"gross":[38.0,319.0,687.0,1026.0,1030.0],"gross_total":3100.0,"flags":[null,null,null,null,null],"adjustments":[],"net":[38.0,319.0,687.0,1026.0,1030.0],"net_total":3100.0,"table":{"pdf_page":196,"printed_page":184}},"description":null,"commitments":[{"text":"To unlock this economic corridor: Budget 2026 proposes to fully fund the construction and certain maintenance costs of the Mackenzie Valley Highway.","pdf_page":174,"printed_page":162,"quote":"To unlock this economic corridor: Budget 2026 proposes to fully fund the construction and certain maintenance costs of the Mackenzie Valley Highway."}],"amounts_in_text":["$20 billion","$100 billion","$3 billion","$500 million","$715 million"],"source":{"pdf_page":173,"printed_page":161,"chapter_url":"https://budget.canada.ca/2026/report-rapport/chap2-en.html"},"money_type":"spending","involves_loans":false,"lenses":["trades","investment","indigenous","infrastructure","public-work"],"wv_note":"This is a road-building budget line: aggregate, culverts, bridges, camps, equipment and northern logistics, designed with Indigenous governments in the Mackenzie Valley.","wv_watch":"Federal and Northwest Territories tender notices for design, construction and supply packages.","key_facts":[{"text":"A proposed ~800 km all-season gravel highway from Wrigley to the Dempster Highway south of Inuvik, replacing seasonal ferries and winter roads.","pdf_page":176,"printed_page":164},{"text":"Budget 2026 proposes to fully fund its construction and certain maintenance costs.","pdf_page":174,"printed_page":162},{"text":"The Chapter 2 cost table shows $3,100 million over five years for this line, marked as capital investment.","pdf_page":196,"printed_page":184}],"url":"https://budget2026.warreandvavasour.com/measures/supporting-major-projects-across-country-mackenzie-valley-highway/","chapter_title":"A more competitive and connected Canadian economy"}