Establishment of program | 3. (1) There is hereby established a program, to be called the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund, the object of which is to provide for the payment of contributions to eligible recipients for the carrying out of large-scale strategic infrastructure projects that contribute to economic growth or quality of life in Canada and that advance Canada's objectives with respect to infrastructure. |
Public-private partnerships | (2) The Fund shall, where appropriate, promote the use of partnerships between public and private sector bodies. |
Eligible recipients | (3) The following are eligible recipients: (a) a province or a municipal or regional government established by or under provincial legislation; (b) a public sector body that is established by or under provincial legislation or by regulation or is wholly owned by a province or a private sector body that is in partnership with a province or a government referred to in paragraph (a), if the body (i) carries out or, in the opinion of the Minister, is capable of carrying out an eligible project in Canada, and (ii) has legal capacity, or is composed of organizations each of which has legal capacity; and (c) a private sector body that (i) carries out or, in the opinion of the Minister, is capable of carrying out an eligible project in Canada, and (ii) has legal capacity, or is composed of organizations each of which has legal capacity. |