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Building onBuilding on Advantage
2015 Roundtables• Private Sector• Financing
Infrastructure Network
Parliamentary Presentations
National Advisory Body
Canada’s Trade Infrastructure Map for the Future
The 2014 Winnipeg Roundtable
We are doing okay, but…
The Trade Infrastructure Story
Action is urgent
Infrastructure is under stress
Canada’s declining international competitiveness
…we’re losing ground…
2010 2011 2012 2013 20140
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Overall Infrastructure Quality
CanadaU.S.
Source: Global Competitiveness Index and Canada West Foundation
…and demand will grow significantly
• Projected demand: 175% increase by 2024
• Led by food and energy ie: agricultural products, oil and gas, hydro electric, coal
The Trade Infrastructure Story
Changing Role of the Private Sector….
Today’s trade infrastructure done differently ie: Ports, Airports
Innovation in building techniques, P3 models
Private commercial investments in proprietary infrastructure
Financing ie: “Maple Revolutionaries”
The Trade Infrastructure Story
Building on past success…
Early Federal Trade Infrastructure Programsie: Asia Pacific – Strategic and Targeted
The Western Transportation Ministers Council - Collaboration
Extended multi-year funding
Recommendations
• Set as an aspirational goal to galvanize public attention
• Develop a coordinated federal-provincial-private sector campaign
• Establish a permanent national public-private body
Recommendations
• Introduce more substantive private sector participation
• Introduce a focus on innovation
• Carve out an explicit portion of existing federal infrastructure funds