Liberal infrastructure ‘recycling’ promise excites industry, concerns opposition

NDP critic Rachel Blaney calls asset recycling another form of 'privatization.'

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi has been tasked with exploring ways to get more private funding for public infrastructure projects. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

July 6, 2016

The Liberal government is fielding calls from the investment industry to allow more opportunities for private sector financing of infrastructure projects, as Ottawa tests the water on a possible funding concept that critics deride as a form of privatization. Ian Russell, president and CEO of the I...

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