canada: New data shows ridings won by the Conservatives in 2011 received 68.6 per cent of the roughly $106 million paid out in the first year of the Canada 150 community infrastructure program between June 2015 and June 2016, according to The Toronto Star. Much of that money, about $46 million, was spent in seat-rich Ontario. Order this photo By Alex Boutilier Ottawa Bureau Reporter William Davis Data Analysis Sat., Oct. 15, 2016 OTTAWA—Conservative ridings disproportionately benefited from an election year fund aimed at improving community infrastructure such as parks and recreation centres, a Star analysis has found. British Columbia, a battleground in the last election, took in $17.5 million while the Conservative heartland of Alberta received $15.2 million. The Canada 150 community infrastructure program was announced by former prime minister Stephen Harper in the months leading up to the 2015 federal election. Quebec, Canada second most populous province, had received only $3.7 million for projects as of June.
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