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Large-scale projects under Canada Infrastructure Bank’s umbrella, ‘take time,’ says CEO, following PBO report outlining ongoing delays in projects

Public-private partnerships require significant design and engineering work, community engagement, environmental assessment and planning, as well as contracting with the person who’s going to build it during the actual construction period and ramp up into operation, says CIB CEO Ehren Cory.

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE
May 10, 2021

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