Transport committee  I would say that the institutional investors and private equity in Canada are hungry to participate in projects around the country. As you may know, with respect to the Champlain Bridge in Montreal, there is significant investment in that project—

Transport committee  No, it was not. What I'm saying is that the investment community is keenly interested, and as the right kinds of projects come to the bank for consideration, I think you'll see that interest is there. I'll give you another example. A couple of days ago you heard from Mr. Bain, f

Transport committee  That's a great question. Thank you very much for that. The answer is absolutely yes, and again, it doesn't matter whether it's a P3 approach or another procurement model. The reality is that there is clearly a need now for connectivity around the country, first and foremost, obv

Transport committee  There are a couple of points here. We need to remember that the Canada Infrastructure Bank is not a procurement agency. It does not decide on the model to be used, whether it's P3 or another approach to delivering on infrastructure projects. It is there simply to partner with ot

Transport committee  I would say, first of all, that there is lots of private capital around. As Mary Van Buren mentioned, there is capital available; there are projects available. The challenge here is, in fact, to ensure—and this is really where the bank can play a significant role—that large, co

Transport committee  Thank you very much. That's a very good question. As I mentioned at the outset, despite the fiscal challenges the country is facing and the fact that it may be more difficult to dedicate the kinds of funds necessary for infrastructure, making those investments is absolutely crit

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee, for inviting the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships to contribute to the study that the committee is undertaking of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. I know the committee is aware that Canada, like all countries aro

Transport committee  You mentioned that we have a large number of these projects across Canada. In fact, there are 267 projects. The most active users of this model are the health care sectors. That includes the building of hospitals and the provision of long-term health care facilities. There are 9

Transport committee  In fact, the barriers are really around capacity. By that I mean familiarity with the public-private partnership approach is uneven, particularly with municipalities that don't have a long history of infrastructure investment. There is a need for those communities to understand t

Transport committee  Thank you for your questions.

Transport committee  Mr. Sikand, this is a good question. The reality is that irrespective of the way that communities choose to procure infrastructure, the private sector is always involved. The advantage of a public-private partnership over traditional procurement is that the private sector as a c

Transport committee  Mr. Aubin, if I could make a point, I think it's also important to recognize that cash flow doesn't always follow project approval, and particularly with respect to public-private partnerships, no funding is provided to the firms that are building these projects until they've bee

Transport committee  That will be fine. Thank you very much.

Transport committee  Okay, I'm just going to make four quick points and I'll be done. Here are our suggestions: First, the reality is that when talking about infrastructure projects, cash flow is not really an appropriate indicator of economic activity. As I've just mentioned, projects don't flow qu

Transport committee  Good afternoon, and thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee, and Madam Clerk, for inviting the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships to speak about the progress and challenges of the federal government's long-term infrastructure plan. As the committee is awar