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Canada Infrastructure Bank nears $10-billion funding milestone with sharper focus on green projects
Ehren Cory, CEO of Canada Infrastructure Bank, poses for a photograph in Toronto, Ont., on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
opinion
Canada Infrastructure Bank finds its groove with battery storage project
Andrew Willis
report on business
Infrastructure Bank backs Indigenous wastewater facility with $6.4-million loan
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Canada Infrastructure Bank commits $80-million for clean power project
Sloko Range, Atlin, BC Taku Tlingit territory is a long way out there. For the past two years the Taku River Tlingit First Nation has been meeting with the government of British Columbia in an attempt to negotiate a land management plan for the province's vast, rugged, northwest corner. MUST CREDIT TO : Taku River Tinglit First Nation
opinion
The Canada Infrastructure Bank: good idea in principle, bad idea in practice
Andrew Coyne
politics
Canada Infrastructure Bank should be abolished, Commons transport committee recommends
Ehren Cory, Divisional President, Project Deliverey, Infrastructure Ontario was the closing speaker at the Smart Infrastructure Symposium. He replaced scheduled speaker Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli. Nov. 25, 2016 Photo credit must be used: Graham Paine/Metroland
politics
Expanding EV charging station network is perfect fit for Infrastructure Bank, CEO says
An electric vehicle charges at a level two EV charging station at Langara College, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 5, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
alberta
Cost of Calgary-Banff rail service now pegged at $1.5-billion
A Canadian Pacific railway locomotive pulls train cars east along a rail line past Morant's Curve near Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada on November 26, 2021. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole vows to scrap Canada Infrastructure Bank, promises high-speed internet for all
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole speaks to the media on Wednesday September 1, 2021 in Ottawa. Canadians will vote in a federal election Sept. 20th. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
alberta
Canada Infrastructure Bank to consider investing in $1-billion Calgary-Banff rail plan
(FILES) In this file photo a cargo train passes through the famous 'Morant's Curve' offering a beautiful view of the frozen Bow River and the Canadian Pacific Railway at Banff National park near Lake Louise, Canada, late on December 6, 2013. - Canadian National Railway on Tuesday offered $33.7 billion to buy Kansas City Southern and usurp a rival's bid to create the first network linking Canada, the United States and Mexico. Montreal-based CN, the leading Canadian freight carrier, is trying to block competitor Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) from getting access to the American heartland via Kansas City. (Photo by Joe KLAMAR / AFP) (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Infrastructure Bank refuses MPs’ request to detail executive bonuses
Ehren Cory, Divisional President, Project Deliverey, Infrastructure Ontario was the closing speaker at the Smart Infrastructure Symposium. He replaced scheduled speaker Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli. Nov. 25, 2016 Photo credit must be used: Graham Paine/Metroland
politics
Infrastructure Bank unlikely to spend even half of its $35-billion budget over 11-year mandate: PBO
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Commons finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance $1.7- billion power line across Lake Erie
politics
Canada Infrastructure Bank and DIF Capital Partners to expand rural broadband in Manitoba
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, March 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Wave of new projects with private investors coming by Canada Day, says Infrastructure Bank CEO
Ehren Cory, Divisional President, Project Deliverey, Infrastructure Ontario was the closing speaker at the Smart Infrastructure Symposium. He replaced scheduled speaker Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli. Nov. 25, 2016 Photo credit must be used: Graham Paine/Metroland
politics
Ottawa to announce $2.7-billion fund to electrify Canada’s public buses
A southbound TTC bus stops to drop off and pick up passengers on Bay St. outside Union Station in Toronto's Financial District, is photographed during the afternoon rush hour on Mar 12 2020.
politics
Infrastructure Bank directed to invest $1-billion in Indigenous projects
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna listens during a news conference in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday, June 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
politics
Michael Sabia to be named next deputy minister of Finance Canada
Chair of the Board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Michael Sabia takes part in a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
Canada’s clean power puzzle: Provinces sell to the U.S., but not each other
A field of operating solar panels located in Prince Edward County, Ont.
politics
Ottawa names Ehren Cory as next Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO
Ehren Cory, Divisional President, Project Deliverey, Infrastructure Ontario was the closing speaker at the Smart Infrastructure Symposium. He replaced scheduled speaker Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli. Nov. 25, 2016 Photo credit must be used: Graham Paine/Metroland
politics
Canada Infrastructure Bank paid $3.8-million for terminations amid leadership shakeup
The CNOOC Nexen building sits empty in downtown Calgary, Alta., Thursday, July 23, 2020. Jeff McIntosh for The Globe and Mail
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Streetwise newsletter: Best reads of the week
Toronto, Ontario - September 28, 2020 -- Office Vacancy Rate -- Buildings are seen in the financial district in Toronto, Monday, September 28, 2020. (Mark Blinch/Globe and Mail)
opinion
What is the Canada Infrastructure Bank? And why?
The Editorial Board
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Streetwise newsletter: Best reads of the week
FILE --Caribou from the Porcupine herd walk through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska, June 22, 2019. Overturning five decades of protections for the largest remaining stretch of wilderness in the United States, the Trump administration on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, finalized its plan to open up part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas development. (Christopher Miller/The New York Times)
politics
Sabia calls agriculture a priority area for infrastructure bank as it aims to balance urban and rural needs
Chair of the Board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Michael Sabia takes part in a news conference in Ottawa on Oct. 1, 2020.
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Canada needs to pick a side as tensions rise, Armenian PM says
A man stands in a yard of a destroyed house damaged by shelling during fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Agdam, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Clashes broke out Sunday in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region within Azerbaijan that has been controlled by ethnic Armenian forces backed by the Armenian government since the end of a separatist war a quarter-century ago. Fighting has continued unchecked since then, killing dozens and leaving scores wounded. Armenian and Azerbaijani forces blame each other for continuing attacks. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)
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Streetwise newsletter: Trudeau’s gamble - Is the revamped Infrastructure Bank ready to help carry his climate agenda?
Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Catherine McKenna, left to right, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chair of the Board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Michael Sabia hold a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
analysis
Trudeau’s gamble: Is the revamped Infrastructure Bank ready to help carry his climate agenda?
Chair of the Board of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Michael Sabia takes part in a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Trudeau announces new plan for Canada Infrastructure Bank focused on broadband, retrofits and agriculture
Networking cables and circuit boards are shown in Toronto on Wednesday, November 8, 2017. The federal government is promising to piggyback on existing projects and networks as much as possible to expand broadband access to rural communities as part of two reports being made public today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
politics
Infrastructure bank says it’s making progress on new rail line planning
A Via Rail train heading to Toronto is seen at the Dorval station Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Montreal. Canada Infrastructure Bank is providing $71 million to Via Rail to help it in its plan to build dedicated tracks for faster, more frequent service in Ontario and Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
politics
Government replaces senior leadership at Canada Infrastructure Bank; Sabia named new chair
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec President and CEO Michael Sabia speaks during a business luncheon in Montreal, Thursday, November 28, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
politics
Via Rail, Canada Infrastructure Bank look to hire engineering team for new Quebec City-Toronto line
A Via Rail train heading to Toronto is seen at the Dorval station Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Montreal. Canada Infrastructure Bank is providing $71 million to Via Rail to help it in its plan to build dedicated tracks for faster, more frequent service in Ontario and Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
exclusive
Canada Infrastructure Bank executive Nicholas Hann resigns amid growing industry frustration with pace of project approvals
Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne, right, looks on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks out toward the St. Lawerence River during a tour of the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal on June 23, 2019.
politics
Canada Infrastructure Bank not seeking to blacklist reporters, official says
Pierre Lavallée, President and CEO of Canada Infrastructure Bank
politics
Will the $35-billion Canada Infrastructure Bank survive the election?
Will the $35-billion Canada Infrastructure Bank survive the election?