Canadians see looming infrastructure issues on the horizon: CCPPP poll
Summary
The results of the poll, conducted by Abacus Data in late September on behalf of CCPPP, were released this morning at P3 2024, Canada’s Infrastructure Conference which attracted about 900 Canadian and international delegates. “That’s why there is broad support across all regions, demographics and political parties for governments to partner with the private sector to help shoulder the load and share these financial costs and risks,” she said. The polling results back up recommendations made in recent policy and research reports by CCPPP (Modernizing Canada’s Approach to P3s and Empowering Municipalities: Unlocking the Potential of P3s), calling on governments to make greater use of private finance via P3s to stretch scarce tax dollars further to deliver the critical infrastructure and services Canadians need. We cannot bridge this country’s infrastructure gap, improve the lives of Canadians or grow our economy without the public and private sectors working together to find solutions. “A scarcity mindset is now common among most Canadians who are seeing the effect of rapid population growth without much improvement in the infrastructure and services they rely on,” said Abacus Data Founder and CEO, David Coletto.