Diane Gray, chief executive of
Winnipeg based Centreport Canada,
North America’s largest inland port,
said the need for funding was no
secret. (See an earlier story about
Centreport Canada here.)
“I think
everyone would
acknowledge that there is an
infrastructure deficit and it’s not
exclusive to Canada but North
America wide,” the Globe and Mail
quoted Gray as saying. “Most of our
trade oriented infrastructure is 30-
plus years old.”
“Investment to
eliminate bottlenecks in Vancouver and the
(B.C.) Lower Mainland will allow grain
from the prairies and other Canadian
commodities to reach world markets
more efficiently, strengthening
Canada’s economy and improving
our nation’s strategic trade and
supply chain infrastructure,” Luc
Jobin, CEO of Canadian National
Railway Co., said in an e-mail
statement to the Globe and Mail.

In detail, eligible recipients for this
program include:
• provinces, territories,
municipalities and local, regional,
provincial and territorial entities;
• Indigenous governments, tribal
councils and other forms of
regional government, national or
regional Indigenous organizations
or development corporations;
• public sector organizations;
• federal crown corporations;
• for-profit and not-for-profit private
sector organizations;
• Canada port authorities;
• national airport systems airport
authorities; and
• universities and colleges.

Funding is available under the
NTCF to:
• Prepare (for example, plan,
demolish, prepare site),
construct, rehabilitate and
improve infrastructure assets
related to transportation, such
as: • Studies (feasibility,
environmental, planning and
integration), including computer
and simulation modelling, to
guide the development of
infrastructure projects and
technology applications;
• Highway, bridge, interchange and
road projects along corridors that
involve more than one mode of
transportation, including those
that provide access to border
crossing facilities’;
• Infrastructure that involves more
than one mode of transportation
(for example, airports, ports, rail
yards, facilities, access roads)
and makes the best use of the
overall transportation system to
support international trade;
• Grade separations that provide
more efficient and safer road and
rail interaction;
• Improvements to the
transportation infrastructure in
Canada’s north and at airports
with annual passenger flows
below 600,000; and to
• Acquire and install technologies
and equipment that advance and
support the efficient movement
of goods and people and help
integrate transportation modes in
Canada’s trade corridors (for
example, Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) and
radio frequency or optical
identification readers).

Here is a link to the
NTCF applicant’s guide.

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