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Special Edition on Infrastructure 2018

The Lexpert Special Editions profiles selected Lexpert-ranked lawyers whose focus is in Corporate, Infrastructure, Energy and Litigation law and relevant practices. It also includes feature articles on legal aspects of Canadian business issues.

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4 LEXPERT | 2018 | WWW.LEXPERT.CA IF THERE'S ANY doubt that public-private partnerships (P3s) are bea- cons of innovation, the emergence of Montréal's $6.3-billion Réseau express métropolitain (REM) should silence the skeptics. e REM is a new, integrated, fully automated transportation network linking Montréal, the South Shore, the West Island, the North Shore and the airport. When completed, the 26-station, 67-kilometre long network will be one of the largest automated transportation systems in the world behind only Singapore, Dubai and Vancouver. It's the largest public transportation Infrastructure project in Montréal since the Métro was inaugurated in 1966. Completion of construction, which began in April, is scheduled for 2021. Driving the REM is a P3. Well, perhaps not a P3 as Canada has come to know the model, but a P3 nonetheless. e brainchild of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and its subsidiary CDPQ Infra, founded in 2015 and dedicated to Infrastructure development and management, the REM THE EVOLUTION OF P3s By Julius Melnitzer INNOVATION P3s are providing "unique innovation opportunities" for governments at all levels to deliver Infrastructure projects PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

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