Building on Advantage: Improving Canada’s Trade Infrastructure March 17, 2015 Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Building on Advantage:Improving Canada’s Trade Infrastructure

March 17, 2015Winnipeg, Manitoba

Building on Building on Advantage

Building onBuilding on Advantage

2015 Roundtables• Private Sector• Financing

Infrastructure Network

Parliamentary Presentations

National Advisory Body

Canada’s Trade Infrastructure Map for the Future

The 2014 Winnipeg Roundtable

We are doing okay, but…

The Trade Infrastructure Story

Action is urgent

Infrastructure is under stress

Canada’s declining international competitiveness

…we’re losing ground…

2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

5

10

15

20

25

30

Overall Infrastructure Quality

CanadaU.S.

Source: Global Competitiveness Index and Canada West Foundation

…and demand will grow significantly

• Projected demand: 175% increase by 2024

• Led by food and energy ie: agricultural products, oil and gas, hydro electric, coal

Demand, the GMC

The Trade Infrastructure Story

Changing Role of the Private Sector….

Today’s trade infrastructure done differently ie: Ports, Airports

Innovation in building techniques, P3 models

Private commercial investments in proprietary infrastructure

Financing ie: “Maple Revolutionaries”

Today’s Trade Infrastructure Done Differently

The Trade Infrastructure Story

Building on past success…

Early Federal Trade Infrastructure Programsie: Asia Pacific – Strategic and Targeted

The Western Transportation Ministers Council - Collaboration

Extended multi-year funding

….upon what we have

Recommendations

• Set as an aspirational goal to galvanize public attention

• Develop a coordinated federal-provincial-private sector campaign

• Establish a permanent national public-private body

Recommendations

• Introduce more substantive private sector participation

• Introduce a focus on innovation

• Carve out an explicit portion of existing federal infrastructure funds

The Trade Infrastructure Story

Next Steps

Progress on action items from 2014 Building on Advantage

Federal Election and the infrastructure agenda

Lessons and Opportunities for Manitoba