Public Infrastructure in Canada: Where Do We Stand?

Insights on the Canadian Economy

16 Pages Posted: 2 Jul 2009

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Tarek M. Harchaoui

Statistics Canada - Microeconomic Analysis Division

Faouzi Tarkhani

Government of Canada - Analytical Studies Branch

Paul Warren

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: November 12, 2003

Abstract

Roads, railways, bridges, water systems, power plants, telecommunication facilities, ports and airports are components of the infrastructure that are vital to the economic activity. Recently, the notion of infrastructure has become an important item of the Canadian public policy debate. This study sheds some light on four main questions: a) How large is public infrastructure in Canada b) What are the main components of that infrastructure? c) How has that infrastructure evolved over the last forty years in Canada? and d) To what extent has public infrastructure contributed to the growth of Canada's standard of living and the performance of Canadian businesses?

Keywords: bridges, economic performance, electric power plants, highways, public infrastructure, railways, telecommunications equipment, water utilities

JEL Classification: H54

Suggested Citation

Harchaoui, Tarek M. and Tarkhani, Faouzi and Warren, Paul, Public Infrastructure in Canada: Where Do We Stand? (November 12, 2003). Insights on the Canadian Economy, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1427963 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1427963

Tarek M. Harchaoui (Contact Author)

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Faouzi Tarkhani

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Paul Warren

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