First, thank you very much for the opportunity to participate in this process.
John Laing is a leading developer, investor, operator, and manager of public sector infrastructure assets globally. We've been in operation since 1848. We're a market leader globally and we have global presence, with offices in the U.K., Canada, Australia, Singapore, and India.
Our mission is to succeed globally as a leading sponsor of privately financed investments in infrastructure through our expertise in creating sustainable value for all stakeholders. We seek to achieve this by enabling and organizing winning partnerships to deliver innovative development solutions with the public sector that operate for the benefit of the communities worldwide.
We participate in a wide range of infrastructure sectors, including health care, roads, and rail. This also extends to criminal justice in the U.K., education, waste management, energy, street lighting, and highway maintenance. We have just this year closed our 100th project, but our current portfolio consists of 74 projects across those sectors and around the world.
We have four projects in North America, three of which are in British Columbia: the Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre, and Kelowna and Vernon hospitals.
I'm going to pass it over to the head of our operations in B.C., Marcus, to talk about the practical implications of those projects.