INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS ON RURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Presentation to the

Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (www.crrf.ca) is a national charity that contributes to the revitalization and sustainability of rural Canada through collaborative research for rural leaders in the community, private sector, and in all levels of government. [...] Through collaboration and networking, the RPLC hopes to add to the research of rural policy as it applies to governance, infrastructure and services, human capital and migration, and natural resource development. [...] Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from these networks are actively seeking solutions to the infrastructure challenges that confront rural communities and understanding of the impacts of infrastructure investments, or lack of investment. [...] The lack of infrastructure investment compromises the future of these economic development agents to continue operations in rural and northern communities to the benefit of all Canadians. [...] The New Rural Paradigm encourages the identification of local/regional assets that can be utilized to generate competitive advantages and emphasizes new forms of collaboration and partnership between government and communities/regions for policy construction, implementation, and evaluation.