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ncreasing the skilled trades

workforce, designing infrastructure

for the age of climate change, and
Idelivering major transit projects were

major themes of the 2019 Canadian

Council for Public-Private Partnerships
conference, held in Toronto on November

18 and 19.

The annual event’s reputation as the

premiere global infrastructure event is
well earned, continually attracting over

1,200 leaders in global infrastructure.
This year’s keynote speakers included

Alberta Transportation Minister Ric

McIver; Natan Obed, President, Inuit
Tapiriit Kanatami and Canada’s National

Inuit Leader; and Ontario Premier Doug

Ford; and who all addressed emerging
issues and challenges within the public-

THE 27TH ANNUAL CANADIAN private partnership market.

The hallways buzzed as break-away
COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE sessions and keynote speeches took

place, taking the graphs and charts
PARTNERSHIPS CONFERENCE that flow from government offices,

boardrooms, and public domains, off the
page and into real understanding of how

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