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Public OpinionBetween 2004 and 2008, The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships surveyed public opinion on public-private partnerships – specifically whether Canadians think that governments should join forces with the private sector to build infrastructure and provide services and which of these assets and services they think are best suited to the PPP approach. CCPPP commissioned the national research company Environics Research Group Limited to ask 2,000 adult Canadians a series of questions about the state of Canada's infrastructure, their opinion on public-private partnerships in general and on the specific areas where the private sector could partner with governments to build infrastructure and/or deliver services. Tracking the survey results, it is clear that in many important respects attitudes to infrastructure investment and PPPs have changed little over the past five years. An overwhelming majority of Canadians (87%) still believe that their federal, provincial and municipal governments are not keeping pace with demand for new or improved public infrastructure and services. This question has produced a statistically identical result since 2004. Similarly, 2008's survey found 61% of respondents agreeing that it is time to use PPPs to address this infrastructure and service deficit. Over the previous five years, that figure moved in a narrow range – from a low of 60% in 2004 to a high of 64% in 2006. Analyzing the responses by region and by sector also confirms several of the trends observed in past surveys. Support for PPPs remains strongest in Quebec, followed by the Atlantic and the Prairie provinces, British Columbia and Ontario. Non-health hospital services, recreation facilities and roads are still the sectors most favoured for application of the PPP model. These results are based on nationwide surveys of 2,000-plus adult Canadians conducted in September and October, 2004-2008. The results are estimated to be accurate to within plus or minus 2.2 percentage points 19 times out of 20. The margin of error is greater for results pertaining to regional or socio-demographic subgroups of the total sample. You can purchase copies of the 2008 and 2007 survey in the bookstore. CommunicationsThe Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships understands the importance of communications when it comes to delivering a successful PPP. This page will be updated with resources to help public and private sector communications professionals and project managers to deliver effective strategies and messaging to a wide variety of audiences.
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