When I think of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, here in Ontario, we have Infrastructure Ontario, and in the City of Vaughan we have a $2 billion hospital near completion in my riding, and a $700 million expansion of Highway 427 that is going on right now. We have Infrastructure Ontario playing its side with the appropriate procurement process.
When I think of CIB, I think of our Canadian transportation corridor and strategic investments in that. It was great to hear the announcement with regard to the City of Calgary, and the review of that process of potential investment there. Those are the types of projects I think of when I hear about the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
I would love to see some equity investments come from the bank, albeit not just on the debt side, the loan side, though I understand that. We need to come out of this COVID-19 pandemic with key infrastructure expansions taking place, key announcements taking place, to literally move, or continue to move, our economy forward, but also what we like to call “longer-term increases”. We need to strengthen and raise our standard of living, our productivity within our economy. I view CIB as a critical link in that process. If you'd like to comment on that, it would be appreciated.