This presentation was made by Alain Desruisseaux, Canada, at the 10th Annual Meeting of the OECD Network of Senior PPP & Infrastructure Officials held in Paris on 21 March 2017.

1. Paris, March 2017
2nd OECD Forum on Governance of
Infrastructure
Presentation by Infrastructure Canada

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● A twelve-year $187 billion infrastructure plan that is:
o Targeted to meet the demand, grow the middle class, and better position Canada’s economy for the
future – New announced funding includes:
o Public Transit $25.3B
o Green Infrastructure (e.g., clean energy) $21.9B
o Social Infrastructure (e.g., affordable housing, recreation facilities) $21.9B
o Small and Remote Communities $2B
o Trade and Transportation $10.1B
o Partnership Based – Builds on success with Province’s and Territories
o Transformative – Focus on new ways of doing business:
o Canada Infrastructure Bank
o Smart Cities Challenge
o Outcomes based
o Complemented by continuing federal leadership in trade and transportation
The Government of Canada’s Long Term Infrastructure Plan…

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Gas Tax Fund (GTF)
$2 billion per year for municipalities all across Canada
To date, over $17.7 billion has flowed to provinces and territories under the GTF
Key Program Features:
Up-front, predictable and long-term funding
Flexibility
Indexed at 2% per year
18 eligible categories
…Complemented by Existing Programming
(millions of dollars)
2016-
2017
2017-
2018
2018-
2019
2019-
2020
2020-
2021
2021-
2022
2022-
2023
2023-
2024
2024-
2025
2025-
2026
2026-
2027
2027-
2028
Total
Existing Infrastructure
Programs 9,149 8,668 10,941 8,183 8,217 7,101 6,906 6,876 6,747 6,745 5,841 5,714 91,090
 Managed with provinces, territories and
municipal associations
 Provincial and territorial allocations are based
on a per capita basis
 Canada pays in two instalments per year