Transport committee  The investment is actually in the project; it's not in the company, so ITC Fortis is a counterpart—

Transport committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chair, I'll just remind you that the CIB's engaged in advising investing as well as providing research and analysis to many communities, provinces, municipalities and indigenous groups about their projects and bringing in structuring at a very early stag

Transport committee  Yes, I'd be happy to. With respect to the high-frequency rail project, Infrastructure Canada is providing technical support for planning and advisory services to our colleagues as they prepare for this project, and I would refer to Transport Canada to speak to any of the merits

Transport committee  Thank you, Deputy. We look forward in successive years to monitor and track how the impact of the change in approach toward public infrastructure, particularly in attracting private sector capital, can promote and demonstrate the usage of alternative finance models. There is qui

Transport committee  I'd be happy to. Under the rubric of clean power, as the deputy said, there are renewable-type projects. For example, the CIB is undertaking an advisory engagement with the Northwest Territories, both with the territory's utility and indigenous groups, about how to increase the

Transport committee  First off, after Parliament approved authority for the $35 billion, the government's fiscal framework and policy in the budget set out that the $35 billion would have a net fiscal expense of $15 billion. Then it was spread out over time. Given that it was not clear what the pro

Transport committee  I would say that when we went back, and as the lead in helping the government and the new corporation set out that plan, it was prospective. It was really going to depend on market response as to a project's coming forward under either an integrated bilateral agreement or the CIB

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, I was the executive director in charge of the government's effort to support and build out the Canada Infrastructure Bank between Infrastructure Canada and Finance Canada, which was largely a plan around moving towards the legislation that was brought before Parliament

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Without commenting specifically on any one project, I can say we are familiar with projects that are coming through various pipelines. I think the comment we will make is that the earlier project proponents come forward, whether they are with the government or with the private se

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the first instance, we would anticipate that the community would prioritize a lot of infrastructure and then determine where it can allocate their resources. In many of those cases, they will be contributing to projects even if the bank comes forward. In certain circumstance

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  —and a lot of those employees have been brought in. Pardon me, Madam Chair.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  From the government's point of view, the Investing in Canada plan recognizes that nationally and in various regions there is an infrastructure deficit. The government has put forward a 12-year plan with a lot of money as part of $186 billion allocated by province, by theme, by te

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Are you referring to the ability to house people adjacent to infrastructure, say, in the north?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The more macro issue of housing is certainly occupying a lot of time among officials. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is spending a lot of time as the vehicle to look at that issue. In their engagement with the private sector, they are looking at infrastructure developmen

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  PPP Canada was a Crown corporation engaged in supporting public-private partnerships that were availability-based procurement models. That's when you're working with a jurisdiction and using the contract model of how projects are designed, built, financed, operated and maintained