4| EDITORIAL
fortuna favet fortibus
SEPTEMBER 2013
Special Edition
Editor-in-Chief:
Jean Cumming
Project Editor:
Gina Fusco
Product Process Lead:
Jill Grove
Managing Editor:
Tim Wilbur
Art Director:
Brianna Freitag
Art Director:
John Kieffer
Director, Strategic
Partnerships:
Jean Cumming
Editor-in-Chief
David Bienstock
Expansion
IN A TIME OF RESTRAINT
Client Development:
Grace So
Account Manager:
Joseph Galea
Marketing & Circulation:
Mohammad Ali
Administrative Assistant:
Patricia Ramsey
A TIME OF FISCAL restraint such as this one has turned out to be conducive to the
expansion of the P3 model in infrastructure development. Mark Romoff, President and
CEO of The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP), our partner on
this publication, explains that the CCPPP, with more than 440 members from the public
and private sector, has expanded nationally just as cities and provinces are demonstrating
their support for the model.
Romoff points to the Saskatchewan government's 2012 launch of SaskBuilds Corporation, for example. According to its website, "the immediate focus for SaskBuilds is to
help plan and manage pressing, large-scale infrastructure
demands that are high-cost
(typically $100 million or
more) and a priority for the
province. These infrastructure demands will not be
met through conventional
means in a timely manner.
They may, however, be ideal
candidates for public-private
partnerships, or P3s. The new
SaskBuilds Fund will support
these types of partnerships."
P3s have gone beyond traditional projects into urban
transit, social housing, wastewater systems and the energy sector. Northwest Territories'
broadband expansion and Nunavut's airport are both using the model.
With 198 projects in its sights (100 operational), the CCPPP now has an impressive
database on which to conduct research on the economic impact of P3 development compared to regular procurement. The Lexpert-ranked lawyers profiled in this Special Edition
have contributed very effectively to the P3 model up to this point, and with the benefit of
CCPPP's research, will surely contribute to the future success of the model and of their
clients' projects. We recommend them to you in the following pages.
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