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Laws and Regulations Relating to Municipal PPPs - Canada, Quebec

Canada has a dual system - with common law applying outside Quebec and a mix of civil law (Civil Code for matters of private law) and common law (matters of public law) applied in Quebec. As regards PPPs, Quebec established a PPP unit (2004) and passed a law on contracts passed by public entities (Loi sur les contrats des organismes publics) consolidating a number of principles.

Golden Ears Bridge Crossing DBFO

Project Agreement of 24 February 2006 between the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority ("TransLink") and the Golden Crossing General Partnership ("DBFO Contractor") and all other project documents regarding the design, build, financing, operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of the Golden Ears Bridge and the associated road network. 

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PPPs in Roads

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Transportation Investment Act 2002

The Transportation Investment Act provides a framework for developing public-private partnerships (in Canada referred to as "P3s") to expand and improve provincial transportation infrastructure, and also creates the Transportation Investment Corporation, a public corporation established with the purposes of delivering, managing, operating, tolling or funding transportation projects, including P3s. The Act also provides for the charging of tolls. 

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Guidelines for Tolling

The provincial government is committed to renewing and expanding British Columbia’s transportation infrastructure.

As part of the strategy to fulfill this commitment, the government is working to develop new, more cost-effective partnerships with the private sector. In this document, partnerships refer to arrangements whereby the private sector can be involved in the financing, delivery or management of public services.

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