BNN: Canada at Major Infrastructure Inflection Point

Apr. 5, 2017

 

Gregory Smith, president and CEO of InstarAGF Asset Management, joins BNN’s Catherine Murray from the Globe Capital Conference taking place in downtown Toronto for a look at why infrastructure investors might have to sit tight for opportunities and why he believes Canada’s infrastructure plans are at a major inflection point.

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