PPP Canada

It was created under Prime Minister Stephen Harper to highlight the commitment of the federal government to P3 infrastructure.

As such, PPP Canada staffed with professionals linked to private sector law, consultancy, business management, accountancy and finance firms.

[3] PPP Canada's definition of Public-private partnership was "a long-term performance-based approach to procuring public infrastructure where the private sector assumes a major share of the risks in terms of financing and construction and ensuring effective performance of the infrastructure, from design and planning, to long-term maintenance".

Their arguments for recommending P3s were that funding project with the private sector's higher cost of capital was justified through calculations of risk, expectations, efficiency, innovation and value for money analysis.

Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi justified this decision by claiming that it had achieved its mandate of making P3s common practice across Canada, and was no longer needed.