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Maguire, Patrick T.
Bennett Jones LLP
(403) 298-3184
maguirep@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Maguire's practice
spans all areas of
commercial energy
law including asset
and share sales
and acquisitions in
Canada and abroad,
joint venturing,
transportation and
sales transactions,
and other commercial
facets of energy project
development.
Mantini, S. Paul
Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-4837
mantinisp@
bennettjones.com
Mr. Mantini practises
public infrastructure,
real estate and project
fi nance. His experience
encompasses some
of Canada's largest
projects, including
Toronto Waterfront
Revitalization, Niagara
Fallsview Casino and
MaRS Discovery
District.
Martin, Steven R.
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
(416) 863-5572
smartin@dwpv.com
Mr. Martin acts on P3,
property development,
project fi nancing and
JV projects in Canada
and the US, and has
extensive experience
in the social and
transportation P3
sectors. He has led
transactions that
include hospitals,
bridges and
courthouses.
Mahony, Dennis E.
Torys LLP
(416) 865-8214
dmahony@torys.com
Mr. Mahony's
infrastructure and
energy practice
focuses on the
environmental and
climate change aspects
of project development
(including permitting),
fi nance and M&A. He
represents business-
sector participants,
particularly in the
renewable space.
Martin, Karen
Dentons Canada LLP
(604) 691-6455
karen.martin@
dentons.com
Ms. Martin's practice
focuses on avoiding
and resolving disputes
on construction,
infrastructure and PPP
projects. She advises
on risk minimization
during procurement
and construction, and
acts as counsel in
mediations, arbitrations
and litigation.
Massicotte, Alain
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
(514) 982-4007
alain.massicotte@
blakes.com
Mr. Massicotte's
specialties include
project fi nancing
and PPPs. He also
counsels foreign
governments, including
Morocco, Hungary,
Romania, the Czech
Republic, Croatia,
Senegal, Guinea
and India regarding
infrastructure and
PPP-related issues.
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CEO, the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partner-
ships (CCPPP). "However, municipalities generally are
getting more and more interested in using the P3 model.
Like their provincial and federal counterparts, municipali-
ties have equally challenging infrastructure defi cits and are
looking to address those issues at a time of fi scal constraint.
Without a doubt, one of the top sectors for P3 growth is
urban transit."
According to Romoff , there are a number of Light Rail
Transit P3 projects in procurement, under construction
or operational in Canada: Vancouver's Canada Line, the
country's fi rst LRT P3, the 19.5-km, $2-billion light rail
transit line, which opened in August 2009; the Evergreen
Line under construction in Vancouver, set to begin opera-
tion in 2016; and Ottawa's Confederation Line, currently
under construction, due to be operational in 2018. In addi-
tion, Edmonton's Valley Line LRT is in procurement, as is
Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown Line. Waterloo's ION Stage
1 LRT will begin construction soon, to become operational
in 2017, running 19 km of LRT from Conestoga Mall in
Waterloo to Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener.
Some infrastructure projects utilize both the conven-
tional and P3 model, says Romoff ; for example, the Union-
Pearson Air-Rail link, currently under construction and set
to open in 2015 for the Pan Am Games in Toronto. e
P3 portion, he says, "includes a new 3-km rail spur for the
Air Rail Link (ARL) and a new ARL passenger station at
Toronto Pearson International Airport, with the rest of the
project (connection at Union Station, signals, etc.) being
done conventionally."
COMPLEX AND UNIQUE CHALLENGES
Still, it's early days in the use of P3s in urban transit, says Judy
Wilson, a partner and lead of the Toronto Procurement and
Infrastructure Group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
"Most of the country's P3 projects have been concentrated
in federal and provincial social infrastructure projects such
as hospitals, penitentiaries, schools and courthouses," says
Wilson, who also heads the fi rm's International Infrastruc-
ture Group, "although there's been a number of road and
highway projects across the country, including Highway
407 in Ontario or the Autoroute 30 in Quebec. Now, P3s
are moving into the realm of some of the more traditional
municipal responsibilities such as transit."
Many lawyers with practices focusing on P3s say urban
transit poses complex and unique challenges, although the
