2017-18 Departmental Results Report
Supplementary information
Corporate information
Organizational profile
Appropriate minister: The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, P.C., M.P.
Institutional head: Kelly Gillis
Ministerial portfolio: Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
The Office of Infrastructure of Canada is part of the Infrastructure and Communities portfolio. The portfolio includes the following:
- The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI)xv, a Crown corporation whose mandate is to ensure users' safe passage on its structures located in the Greater Montréal Area by their proper management, maintenance and repair, while respecting the environment and optimising traffic flow.
- The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA),xvi a Crown corporationFootnote 17 with the responsibility to design, finance, build, operate and maintain a new, publicly owned international crossing between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan that will be delivered through a public-private partnership. Responsibility for the WDBA was transferred from the Minister of Transport to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities on November 4, 2015.
- The Canada Infrastructure Bankxvii, a Crown corporation, uses federal support to attract private sector and institutional investment to new revenue-generating infrastructure projects that are in the public interest. The CIB leverages the capital and expertise of the private sector and helps government partners build new infrastructure across Canada. The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities was designated the responsible Minister for the CIB on July 4, 2017.
- The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities was also designated as the Minister responsible for federal matters relating to the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiativexviii effective November 4, 2015. In 2000, the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the City of Toronto each announced a commitment of $500 million to fund the Initiative. The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, which is a not-for-profit corporation publicly known as Waterfront Toronto, was established in 2001.
Enabling instrument[s]:
- Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund Act (2002, c. 9, s. 47) (CSIF)xix;
- Order in Council PC 2004-0325xx;
- The following pieces of legislation related to the federal Gas Tax Fund:
- Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act, S.C. 2011, c. 24xxi
- Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1, S.C. 2013, c. 33, section 233xxii
- The following legislation and Order in Council related to the New Bridge for the St. Lawrence Corridor Project (commonly known as the New Champlain Bridge Corridor Project):
- The following legislation, Orders in Council and Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement related to the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project:
- Crossing Agreementxxv
- Bridge to Strengthen Trade Act, S.C. 2012, c. 31, s. 179xxvi
- Order in Council P.C. 2012-1350xxvii
- Order in Council P.C. 2015-1236xxviii
- Order in Council PC 2015-1237xxix
- Order in Council P.C. 2015-1238xxx
- The following Orders in Council related to Waterfront Toronto:
- • The following Order in Council related to the Canada Infrastructure Bank:
Year of incorporation/commencement: The Office of Infrastructure of Canada was established in 2002.
Other: Infrastructure Canada works in collaboration with Transport Canada to deliver some of its sunsetting transfer payment programs.
In addition, Infrastructure Canada works with Public Services and Procurement Canada as the contract authority for the New Champlain Bridge Corridor project.
Reporting framework
Infrastructure Canada's Strategic Outcome and Program Alignment Architecture of record for 2017-18 are shown below.
- Strategic Outcome: Public Infrastructure for a More Prosperous Canada
Program: Funding for Provincial-Territorial Priorities
Program: Permanent and Flexible Infrastructure Funding
Program: Investments in National Infrastructure Priorities
Program: Large-Scale Infrastructure Investments
Program: Infrastructure Investments in Small Communities and Rural Areas
Program: New Bridge for the St. Lawrence Corridor Project
Internal Services
Supplementary information tables
The following supplementary information tables are available on Infrastructure Canada's website:
- Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
- Details on transfer payment programs of $5 million or more
- Evaluations
- Fees
- Horizontal initiatives
- Internal audits
- Response to parliamentary committees and external audits
- Status report on transformational and major Crown projects
Federal tax expenditures
The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures.xxxiv This report also provides detailed background information on tax expenditures, including descriptions, objectives, historical information and references to related federal spending programs. The tax measures presented in this report are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.
Organizational contact information
www.infrastructure.gc.caxxxv or contact:
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
180 Kent Street, Suite 1100
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 0B6
Telephone Infrastructure Canada: 613-948-1148
Toll-Free Number: 1-877-250-7154
Footnotes
- Footnote 17
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Crown corporations are public institutions or entities that operate at arm's length from the Government of Canada. As public institutions, they are ultimately accountable to the Government. Crown corporations follow a different planning cycle than the government planning cycle and report to Parliament through two key documents: the corporate plan summary including budget summaries, and the annual report.
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