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New $30 Billion Transit Fund: Legal Perspectives on Canada's Evolving Public Transit and Capital Projects Landscape

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On July 17, 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the official establishment of the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF). This initiative will provide $30 billion over the next 10 years and up to $3 billion annually on a...more

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Quebec’s Bill 61 Establishes Transportation Infrastructure Agency With Wide-Ranging Powers

On May 9, 2024, Quebec’s Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (Minister), Geneviève Guilbault, introduced Bill 61, An Act enacting the Act respecting Mobilité Infra Québec and amending certain provisions relating to...more

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[Webinar] East and West Perspectives on Enabling Integrated Urban Transit Solutions: Examining Technology, Electrification, Legal...

Join us for an exclusive webinar which will provide a preview of some of the key topics we will explore at the Canadian Institute’s 2024 Urban Transit and Infrastructure Symposiums – East and West editions....more

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Sur la voie de la relance : Volets du budget de l’Ontario de 2020 concernant les infrastructures

Le 5 novembre 2020, le ministre des Finances de l’Ontario, Rod Phillips, a publié le budget de l’Ontario de 2020 intitulé Plan d’action de l’Ontario pour la protection, le soutien et la relance (le « Budget »). Le Budget fait...more

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On a Footing for Recovery — Infrastructure Elements of the 2020 Ontario Budget

On November 5, 2020, Ontario’s Finance Minister, Rod Phillips, released Ontario’s 2020 budget entitled, “Ontario’s Action Plan: Protect, Support, Recover” (Budget). The Budget forms part of Ontario’s COVID-19 health and...more

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Projets d’infrastructures routières et de transports en commun : l’Ontario appuie sur l’accélérateur

Le 22 octobre 2020, la ministre des Transports de l’Ontario, Caroline Mulroney (la « ministre »), a présenté le projet de loi 222, Loi de 2020 sur la reconstruction et la relance en Ontario (la « Loi ») en première lecture à...more

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Pedal to the Metal: Ontario Accelerates Transit and Highway Infrastructure Projects

On October 22, 2020, Ontario’s Minister of Transportation, Caroline Mulroney (Minister), introduced Bill 222, Ontario Rebuilding and Recovery Act, 2020 (Act) for first reading in the Ontario legislature. The Act includes...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – August 2020 # 18

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In Washington - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised guidance for coronavirus testing is confusing and alarming many. The CDC now says people who have been in close contact with a person infected...more

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Fast Track for Transit: Ontario Introduces the Building Transit Faster Act

On February 18, 2020, the Minister of Transportation, the Honourable Caroline Mulroney (Minister), introduced Bill 171, An Act to enact the Building Transit Faster Act, 2020 and make related amendments to other Acts (Act) for...more

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Why Major Infrastructure Projects Succeed

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Q&A with Jane Bird on partnership, governance and the private sector - Jane Bird delivered the afternoon keynote at the Toronto Region Board of Trade's 5th Annual Transportation Summit. She spoke about the characteristics...more

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Infrastructure Spending, Blueprints Pending: 2017 Federal Budget

On March 22, 2017, Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the 2017 federal budget, titled “Building a Strong Middle Class” (Budget 2017). While Budget 2017 did not introduce significant new infrastructure spending measures, it...more

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2016 Federal Fiscal Update: Banking on Infrastructure

On November 1, 2016, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau released his Fall Economic Statement outlining changes to the federal government’s fiscal priorities in advance of the 2017 budget process. While reaffirming Canada’s...more

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Under Construction: Infrastructure Plans and Promises of the New Canadian Government

During the longest election campaign in Canadian history, Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada (Liberals) made significant promises for increased federal infrastructure spending over the...more

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Train Explosion Drives Federal Railroad Administration to Issue New Regulations Impacting the Transportation of Petroleum Products

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On August 2, 2013 the Federal Railroad Administration ("FRA") released Emergency Order No. 28, Notice No. 1 and Safety Advisory 2013-06 in response to the July 2013 tragedy in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada where a cargo train...more

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