MISSION: | Manage the $1.257bn PPP Canada Fund |
Screen whether applicants for other Federal funds rigorously considered PPPs as an option for projects over $50m | |
Advise the Federal government and provinces on their PPP programmes | |
Act as a centre of excellence for PPPs nationwide | |
LAUNCH OF PPP CANADA FUND: | 2009 |
LOCATION: | Ottawa |
SENIOR MANAGEMENT: | John McBride, CEO; Greg Melchin, Chairman of the Board |
He's optimistic governments will continue to remain interested in building up their capacity to deliver PPPs. That's because PPPs, he believes, have become a non-ideological issue in Canada. "I think PPPs used to be an ideological debate about, you know, 'private sector good, public sector bad'. Now they're becoming a debate around what delivers best for the taxpayer."
"They're driving on the road, they're going to the hospital and actually the hospital works. It's better," he says. "Nothing to be scared of - they just want what works."
"We're seeing interest in the energy fled, renewable energy in particular. We're seeing interest in the rapid transit areas. We're seeing interest in the water and wastewater areas" |