The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships Announces the 2008 Winners of the National Awards for Innovation and Excellence

    TORONTO, Nov. 24 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canadian Council for Public-Private
Partnerships (CCPPP) has announced the winners of the eighth annual National
Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships at an
awards dinner and presentation held at the Downtown Toronto Hilton Hotel on
the evening of November 24, 2008.
    Winner of the Gold Award for Project Financing was the Completion of
Highway 30 in the Montréal Area, partnership of Ministère des Transports du
Québec, Agence des Partenariats Public-Privé du Québec and Nouvelle Autoroute
30, S.E.N.C.
    The Silver Award for Project Financing was presented to the Northwest
Anthony Henday Drive DBFO Project, (Alberta), partnership of The Government of
Alberta, Alberta Infrastructure and Bilfinger Berger Project Investments Inc.
    Three Silver Awards for Infrastructure were also presented.
    Silver Award for Infrastructure was presented to the William R. Bennett
Bridge Project, (British Columbia), partnership of SNC-Lavalin Inc. and the BC
Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure.
    Silver Award for Infrastructure went to Abbotsford Regional Hospital and
Cancer Centre, (British Columbia), partnership of Abbotsford Regional Hospital
and Cancer Centre Inc. and AHA Access Health Abbotsford Ltd.
    Silver Award for Infrastructure went to The Trans-Canada Highway Project,
(New Brunswick), partnership of the Trans-Canada Highway Corporation and
Brun-Way Construction Inc.
    A Silver Award for Service Delivery and an Award of Merit for Social
Infrastructure Procurement were also handed out.
    The Silver Award for Service Delivery went to 407 ETR - Growth of a P3,
(Ontario), partnership of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and 407 ETR
Concession Company Limited
    The Award of Merit for Social Infrastructure Procurement was presented to
the Alberta Schools Alternative Procurement (ASAP) Project, partnership of The
Government of Alberta, Ministries of Infrastructure, Education, Finance,
Justice and Treasury Board and BBPP Alberta Schools Inc.
    The 2008 Champion Award was presented to the Hon. Gordon Campbell,
Premier of British Columbia. Premier Campbell is the ninth recipient of the
Champion Award.
    Previous recipients have included: Hon. Donald S. Macdonald, former
Canadian Minister of Finance and former Chairman, CCPPP; the Hon. H. Michael
Wilson, Canadian Ambassador to the USA; Gary Collins, former Minister of
Finance (BC); Pierre Le François, former Board Director, CCPPP; the late James
MacLaren, former Chairman and CEO of Lavalin-MacLaren Engineers; Mac Carson,
founding member of The CCPPP Board; Glenna Carr, former Board Member and
President, CCPPP; the late Chuck Wills, former City Manager of Windsor and
Board Member, CCPPP.
    Premier Campbell will also become the Honourary Chair of The Canadian
Council for Public-Private Partnerships.
    Sponsors for the 2008 Awards Program were: Partnerships BC, TERANET Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Infrastructure Canada and Blake, Cassels & Graydon
LLP.
    The awards were held in conjunction with the annual CCPPP National
Conference on Public Private Partnerships, which takes place November 24 - 25,
2008 at the Toronto Hilton Hotel. The theme of this year's conference is
"Public-Private Partnerships: Addressing the Canadian & North American
Infrastructure Puzzle". Among the keynote speakers at the conference are
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach and Oscar
de Buen, Undersecretary of Infrastructure, Government of Mexico.
    The full conference program is available at www.pppcouncil.ca

    The Canadian Council National Awards for Public-Private Partnerships were
established in 1998 to honour governments and/or public institutions and their
private sector partners who have demonstrated excellence and innovation in the
establishment of public-private partnerships, which benefit the public
interest in infrastructure projects or service delivery. The awards are
presented annually to showcase Canadian excellence and innovation in project
financing service delivery, infrastructure investment and/or generation of
economic benefit, which result in enhanced quality of public services and
facilities.

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