It could be. Or it could be that the process for much of this is so constrained and bureaucratic that money can't ever get out the door without the worst kind of hassle.
That's not good when you are planning on running deficits in perpetuity and have nothing to show for it. It's sad when the pipelines are the only infrastructure projects going. Had Trudeau fast tracked energy East and did something like twinning the grand Canada highway in Ontario that would help justify some deficit.