{"id":10060,"date":"2024-11-07T07:15:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T07:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niagaraconstructionnews.com\/?p=10060"},"modified":"2024-11-07T07:15:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T07:15:43","slug":"canadians-see-looming-infrastructure-issues-on-the-horizon-ccppp-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niagaraconstructionnews.com\/?p=10060","title":{"rendered":"Canadians see looming infrastructure issues on the horizon: CCPPP poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ontario Construction News staff writer<\/p>\n

Canadians are increasingly pessimistic about the future state of the country\u2019s infrastructure, given the country\u2019s booming population and staggering demands for new housing, according to a new survey.<\/p>\n

Sixty-three per cent are also not confident governments alone can cover the costs of building and maintaining new and upgraded infrastructure required to handle that growth without raising taxes.<\/p>\n

The results of the poll<\/a>, conducted by Abacus Data in late September on behalf of CCPPP, were released this morning at P3 2024, Canada\u2019s Infrastructure Conference which attracted about 900 Canadian and international delegates.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanadians clearly see trouble on the horizon for our country\u2019s infrastructure,\u201d said CCPPP\u2019s president and CEO Lisa Mitchell. \u201cStill suffering from the effects of inflation and its daily hits on their household budgets, they\u2019re also open to governments taking a more pragmatic approach to this challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s 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,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The polling results back up recommendations made in recent policy and research reports by CCPPP (Modernizing Canada\u2019s Approach to P3s\u00a0<\/em><\/a>and\u00a0Empowering Municipalities: Unlocking the Potential of P3s)<\/em><\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe survey results demonstrate Canadians strongly prefer P3s in practice. This cuts across all regions, political parties and even generations, from Gen Z to the Boomers,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cThis is a message our politicians, government officials, the media and the public need to hear. We cannot bridge this country\u2019s infrastructure gap, improve the lives of Canadians or grow our economy without the public and private sectors working together to find solutions.<\/p>\n

The Abacus Data survey findings include:<\/p>\n