MODERNIZING PUBLIC POLICY

A national transportation strategy also requires a supportive policy and legislative framework. In modernizing our policies and regulations to encourage investment, promote trade, and ensure the seamless and efficient movement of goods and people, we must look to the future and anticipate the changes the system will need to accommodate.

Our competitiveness in the global market and our ability to build strong national, provincial and territorial economies are significantly affected by those policies and regulations that influence transportation infrastructure utilization and investment. Timing, as well as substance, is of vital importance in developing and implementing policy reform that makes a positive difference.

Reduction or elimination of regulatory burdens and harmonization of regulatory processes needs to be constantly on the agenda.

Appendix 3 summarizes the main areas of policy reform to make the most effective use of today's transportation infrastructure and realize the opportunities of tomorrow.