The funding will help improve road access to the Dawson Range in central Yukon and the Nahanni Range road in the southeastern part of the territory. More than 650 kilometres of road will be built along with other infrastructure for the Yukon Resource Gateway Project. Of the $360 million, $247.4 million will be from Ottawa and $112.8 million from the Yukon government. He said he called the northern premiers to let them know about his decision. "It was something I knew mattered deeply to an awful lot of people across the North and we seized that opportunity," Trudeau said.

Source: CBC News September 02, 2017 17:11 UTC