Finance committee  Best practices in the leading jurisdictions, which I say have been the U.K., Australia, and continental Europe, seemed to coalesce around finding the appropriate role for private capital so that there is an appropriately structured transaction that gives a long-term predictable c

Finance committee  That is part of the Canadian model. The private sector will have access to a piece of land or perhaps to a facility for a period of time to carry on its operations, but ownership and control of the facility remain with the government.

Finance committee  It could be that way. That's not part of the current Canadian model, but anything is possible. Any configuration is possible.

Finance committee  What we would usually see in the Canadian model is that we'd call what you're talking about closer to privatization, which would, say, be beyond the bounds of public-private partnership. But any configuration of the public and private sectors owning, operating, and providing serv

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  It's a good question. We're very happy with the success we have had. In order to achieve dramatic expansion, meaning, if to improve is to get more infrastructure delivered, I think we need more private capital at work. That probably means increasing the role of the active repeat

Finance committee  I'm not, to tell you the truth. Clearly there is a Canada-U.S. aspect to it, but the project is at an early stage. A shortlist has been announced ,so I really have not heard recent cost updates.

Finance committee  It's a great conundrum because, of course, we see some of our leading Canadian infrastructure investors, CPPIB, OMERS, OTPP, and the Caisse de dépôt investing huge sums of money overseas and not domestically. You're quite right that part of the reason is they just can't get the

Finance committee  I do feel the small project issue is compounded by the fact that only a small component of the project size is equity.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. You're right. There is a lot of private capital available. The Fortune 500 companies, of course, have a lot of it. I think they are likely more inclined to reinvest in their own enterprises, but there are many natural infrastructure investors, and th

Finance committee  Well, of the three priorities that you have for economic, green, and social infrastructure, clearly all have short-term economic benefits in terms of construction activity and other activity to get the infrastructure prepared. The long-term benefits, I think, are proven as well

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