Corporate Governance for Municipally-Owned Local Electricity Distribution Utilities

Local distribution electricity utilities (“LDCs”) have been a source of stable and predictable income for their municipal owners. That is in large measure a result of the fact that LDCs are providing a monopoly service overseen by a regulator charged with the obligation, among other things, to ensure the stability of the LDCs.

Quiz: Navigating public-private partnerships

The 70s, 80s and 90s brought far too little investment in the repair of existing infrastructure and development of new infrastructure, leading to recognition around 2000-03 that all levels of […]

Quiz: Impact of Changes in FIT 2.0

Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff program was introduced in 2009, when the province enacted the Green Energy and Green Economy Act as a means to stimulate renewable energy generation and to promote […]

The Long and Winding P3 Road

Partners Brad McLellan and Dan Ferguson discuss the P3 process. Partners Glenn Ackerley, Lisa Borsook, Brad McLellan and Robert Warren are named in Lexpert® ranking as Leading Infrastructure Lawyers in […]

Building It Up

The Regional Municipality of York and York Consortium 2002 have been working together in a public-private partnership to develop a new rapid transit system.

The pitfalls of P3 projects

The success of any publicly funded constuction project is largely due to the lawyers behind the scenes. Primarily, they review all the documentation with the goal of identifying risk.

To P3 Or Not To P3

It is widely recognized that there is a critical need for construction of new infrastructure and the repair and maintenance of existing infrastructure. Infrastructure includes a very wide range of […]

To P3 Or Not To P3 (Presentation)

It is widely recognized that there is a critical need for construction of new infrastructure and the repair and maintenance of existing infrastructure. Attached is the presentation given at the […]

Bay St. sees hope for P3s in LRT work

The federal government’s announcement that it would contribute $600 million to transform Ottawa’s transit system may provide the catalyst for another P3 opportunity.

Infrastructure Quiz

How much do you know about planes, trains, and automobiles — or more specifically, the public infrastructure that supports them?