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Infrastructure is about more than bricks and mortar. It is about improving the lives of Ontarians, no matter where they live. It is about building and sustaining a vibrant and competitive economy based on best practices and a framework of creativity and innovation.

Every child and adult of every age, every business, small, medium and large rely on public infrastructure.

This Long-Term Infrastructure Plan (LTIP) is dedicated to delivering the infrastructure individuals and businesses in Ontario need, where and when they need it.

The plan is about building roads and highways and modernizing transit to ease the stresses of everyday travel; it is about providing essential services such as water, gas, and broadband Internet to homes in a safe, reliable and timely manner. And it is about ensuring that Ontarians have access to modern, world-class health care, education and community services.

In an era of accelerated change and disruptive technologies, the need for resilient and substantive infrastructure with responsive and inclusive planning has never been greater.

These challenges require bold action as we design the next generation of infrastructure and shape the Ontario of tomorrow with innovations like “The Internet of Things.”

We have committed to spending about $190 billion over 13 years, starting in 2014–15, to expand and renew Ontario’s infrastructure. This unprecedented investment — the largest the government has ever made — demonstrates the government’s commitment to supporting communities, strengthening the economy and helping Ontarians in their everyday lives.

The LTIP highlights the future, such as integrating climate change considerations into infrastructure planning to ensure environment sustainability in a world in which temperatures are rising.

We want to deliver infrastructure in the most effective way to get the best value for the public. Ontario is proud to have developed the Alternative Financing and Procurement model, an innovative public-private partnership (P3) model specifically designed to meet the needs of Ontario. We are now working with our agency, Infrastructure Ontario, to explore how to make our financing and infrastructure procurement even better.

We are also advancing community benefits and apprenticeships to support jobs and training opportunities for Ontarians.

Ontario recognizes the need for transparency and accountability to ensure excellence in Ontario’s infrastructure management and planning activities. To support this, the LTIP describes Ontario’s existing infrastructure portfolio and details plans to strengthen asset management planning and evidence-based decision making. It also emphasizes the importance of managing Ontario’s infrastructure dollars responsibly to ensure that investments produce the largest economic and social returns.

Our long-term infrastructure objectives cannot be achieved without the support of our partners. Ontario is committed to working closely and collaboratively with federal and municipal counterparts, private-sector and community partners and First Nations communities to meet the government’s shared infrastructure goals.

For too long federal, provincial and municipal governments have not adequately aligned their infrastructure policies, planning, and budgets; fortunately, our governments have crossed a major threshold in collaboration towards harmonizing federal, provincial, municipal and First Nations infrastructure investments.

Ontario’s plan builds on past commitments to infrastructure planning — the Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015, the 2011 Long-Term Infrastructure Plan and the recent 2017 Infrastructure Update.

Our plan takes into account the realities of climate change and fast-paced social, economic and technological changes. Ontarians, working together, are up to the challenge.

Signature: Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli
Minister of Infrastructure