I don't agree with the premise that the CIB continuing down the road of privatization and P3s is a foregone conclusion. When the idea was originally announced, it was rooted in public financing, and it could and should be again, as some of the evidence I shared today has highlighted, and there's plenty more out there from many reputable organizations. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has written in depth on this as well as the auditors general that I mentioned. We need to go in a different direction and not put communities on the hook for these problematic privatized projects.
On February 23rd, 2021. See this statement in context.