November 7 & 8, 2013 | Toronto, ONTARIO

The Annual CCPPP National Conference is now recognized as the premier event on public-private partnerships (P3) in the world. It began in 1992 and has since grown to include over 1,200 senior public and private sector participants, making it the largest annual gathering of P3 decision-makers. The 2013 conference and 16th National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in P3 were held on November 7 & 8, 2013 in Toronto.

You can view the P3 2013 Program for a sample of the speakers and topics featured at the conference. P3 2013 also featured a Student Program and opportunities for companies to take their P3 expertise global in the International Café.

TORONTO, November 28, 2013 – The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) congratulates the Government of Ontario on the official opening of the state-of-the-art Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex to house the Office of the Chief Coroner, the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and the Centre of Forensic Sciences.

Infrastructure Ontario managed the project’s procurement on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, who is partnering with Carillion Secure Solutions, the private consortium that will design, build, finance and maintain the new, 49,000-square-metre building under a 30-year agreement.

Toronto, November 1, 2013 – The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) is proud to announce the 2013 recipients of the National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships – projects that are breaking new ground, boosting the economy and improving the lives of Canadians. The winners are providing Canadians with cleaner air, water and soil; safer, faster and better transportation options; innovative and compassionate social housing and more. And they are doing it at the highest standards of quality – while providing substantial savings and efficiencies over traditional procurement processes.

The awards will be presented on November 7th at The Council's annual conference. The gathering attracts major players from across Canada and around the world, where the Canadian P3 approach is considered best in class.

This year's winners include a mass transit project in Ottawa, highways in Alberta and New Brunswick and Canada's first P3 biosolids project in Sudbury. The P3 Champion of the Year is John M. Beck, Chairman and CEO of Aecon Group Inc., an icon of the construction industry and a leader in both the corporate and non-profit worlds.
"We are seeing extraordinary and rapid evolution in the ways that P3 projects deliver robust new infrastructure and quality-of-life enhancements for Canadians," said Mark Romoff, President and CEO, CCPPP. "These projects are using innovative financing and unique approaches to infrastructure and service delivery. They offer great solutions to Canada's serious infrastructure deficit."

TORONTO, October 9, 2013 – The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) congratulates the Government of British Columbia, Fraser Health and Partnerships BC on the successful opening of Canada's second-largest emergency department, Phase I of the Surrey Memorial Hospital Expansion and Redevelopment. The new ER offers shorter triage wait times, more timely assessment, treatment, care and discharge, more privacy and a completely separate, child-friendly pediatric ER.

Partnerships BC managed procurement for the 30-year agreement between public sector partners Ministry of Health and Fraser Health Authority and the private sector partners, Integrated Team Solutions (ITS), which is designing, building, financing and maintaining the new, 5,350-square-metre facility. It will also include neonatal intensive care, medical/surgical units, a clinical academic campus, a rooftop helipad, a laboratory and parking.