It is my understanding that within the federal government there is no single agency that's responsible for the coordination, approval and implementation of federal infrastructure projects. Each federal department retains responsibility to deliver the projects on their own, within their department. I believe, as per my second recommendation, that if the CIB were given a mandate to screen, say, all federal government projects or capital commitments above $100 million, similar to the previous P3 screen that was in place prior to 2015, it could generate significant opportunities to attract private sector capital to the federal government's own stock of projects and infrastructure, whether that's first nations housing, building infrastructure, RCMP, DFO, Coast Guard, CBSA facilities, military housing and DND, government land, buildings and office space, government labs.... Again, it seems to me that that type of a private sector investment screen on major federal government commitments would generate more investment and more project opportunities.
On February 23rd, 2021. See this statement in context.