Shovel Ready Shovel Worthy - The Path to a National Trade Infrastructure Plan

Shovel Ready Shovel Worthy The Path to a National Trade Infrastructure Plan for the Next Generation of Economic Growth TO FROM John Law with Carlo Dade Canada West Foundation cwf.ca The Canada West Foundation focuses on the policies that shape the West, and by extension, Canada. [...] Together with similarly-focused national infrastructure programs like the rebuild of the National Highway System and the Gateways and Border Crossings Program that operated concurrently, the period of maximum activity, political attention, and spending of the APGCI, coincided with Canada’s highest global infrastructure rankings. [...] In this example, relative daily truck data highlights the road congestion challenges in and out of Montréal and along the Montréal– Québec corridor, a critical consideration for the port of Montréal and its impact on the options for the Montréal–Québec corridor along the adjacent St. [...] With a foundation of existing trade corridors and transportation assets, along with the criteria for selecting projects to support its development, national infrastructure plans can turn their attention to the selection and sequencing of projects with the greatest potential to improve the national network by demonstrating lasting value over the long term. [...] Throughout the interviews and public discussions that were part of the research for this report, private sector stakeholders from owners and operators of assets to major users of the system, have stated a willingness to contribute to the steps necessary for long-term structural improvements to how the country manages the trade infrastructure file.