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Infrastructure Canada is part of the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio of the Government of Canada. Established in August 2002, the organization was formerly associated with Treasury Board Secretariat, the Privy Council Office, Industry Canada, and Environment Canada. The organization's goal is to improve the infrastructure of Canada by working with other levels of government including provincial, territorial, municipal, First Nations and the private sector. The Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities is responsible for the department. The current Minister is the Honourable John Baird.
Investing in Canada’s infrastructure advances our nation’s productivity, increases its competitiveness and enriches the quality of life for all Canadians.
In Budget 2007, Infrastructure Canada was charged with developing the comprehensive $33 billion Building Canada Infrastructure Plan. This plan covers infrastructure investments in water, wastewater, public transit, and other key national priorities.
Infrastructure Canada coordinates the Building Canadafederal government plan that guides investments in important national and local infrastructure projects for building a stronger, safer and better Canada. Delivering sustainable infrastructure such as highways, water treatment and wastewater plants, public transit, and green energy is essential to competing internationally and supporting the well-being of Canadians—in communities big and small. Strategic infrastructure investment further important public policy goals, including economic growth and environmental protection.
Infrastructure Canada is also contributing to leading-edge public policy and decision-making. Managing infrastructure program funds and working with federal partners, provinces, territories, municipalities and others to meet the infrastructure needs of all Canadians are ways that Infrastructure Canada is helping to build a stronger, safer and better Canada.
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Branches
Policy and Communications The Policy and Communications Branch identifies and assesses broad infrastructure issues, priorities and needs for potential federal action; conducts research, independently and in conjunction with partners, which contributes to policy work; builds, connects and shares knowledge to help develop a wider understanding of infrastructure issues affecting cities and communities in Canada and abroad; communicates on the department’s mandate; coordinates federal communications on infrastructure; and assists the Deputy in providing policy advice to the Minister.
Program Operations The Program Operations Branch implements programs, manages infrastructure funding agreements, and provides risk management and analysis, environmental stewardship, and program evaluations. It also manages the federal Gas Tax transfer to Canadian municipalities that is meant to support environmentally sustainable infrastructure.
Corporate Services The Corporate Services Branch provides support and services for corporate functions such as procurement, IM/IT including the department’s major program management system, called the Shared Information Management System for Infrastructure (SIMSI), human resources, finance, security, planning and administration, and internal audit and evaluation.
By working with municipal, provincial and territorial project proponents and the private sector to identify regional and local development priorities and to finance specific infrastructure projects, Infrastructure Canada is helping meet our national social, economic and environmental objectives.
Infrastructure Programs
Under Building Canada, the Government of Canada's historic $33 billion infrastructure plan, the nation's most important economic and environmental priorities are being addressed through the following targeted and based-funding programs:
Targeted Funding Programs
- Building Canada Fund (BCF) (Communities Component (BCF-CC) managed by Western Economic Diversification Canada in Western Canada)
- Public-Private Partnership Fund (P3)
- Gateways and Border Crossing Fund (managed by Transport Canada)
Base Funding Programs
- Gas Tax Fund (GTF)
- GST Rebate (managed by Canada Revenue Agency)
- Provincial-Territorial Funding
Infrastructure Canada also has broad management responsibilities for the following sunsetting programs:
- Public Transit Fund (PTF)
- Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund (CSIF)
- Border Infrastructure Fund (BIF)
- Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF) (managed by Western Economic Diversification Canada in Western Canada)
- Infrastructure Canada Program (ICP) (managed by Western Economic Diversification Canada in Western Canada)
- First Nations Communities
- First Nations Infrastructure Fund (FNIF)
Additionally, Canada's Economic Action Plan (Federal Budget - January 2009) introduced additional federal investments as part of an immediate action to build infrastructure.
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