The Infrastructure that Matters Most

In addition, the author wishes to recognize the input of the participants at the September, 2015 Canada West Foundation – Canadian Chamber of Commerce private sector Roundtable on Trade Infrastructure and Supply Chains in Toronto and the advice of senior offi. [...] With this much of Canada’s annual gross domestic product tied to trade, the In the face of these new realities, the impacts of relative health of its trade infrastructure network recent shortcomings in Canada’s infrastructure directly affects the availability of jobs and whether network, such as that evidenced by the 2013 grain or not Canadians can get to them. [...] The commitment inform supply chain improvements between Canada of $60 billion in new infrastructure funding and and the U. S. the government’s stated intention to update the Building Canada Plan can be leveraged together to Amongst the infrastructure choices available to the enhance Canada’s trade infrastructure network. [...] For example, an investment in a port can enhance the port’s competitiveness and thereby attract stronger demand to that port and more jobs after the initial employment in construction and supporting service returns that are slightly greater than the value of the sectors is fi nished.1 investment itself to returns that are double or triple the value of the initial investment. [...] Measures of the value of such due diligence in the construction phases of trade The reality is the private sector is now the more infrastructure projects suggest cost savings of up to dynamic actor in infrastructure investment.