Public-Private Partnerships as Economic Stimulus - Part 2

Thomas Barlow
Director, National Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships Group, Partner Fasken Martineau

Over the past decade, partnerships between government and the private sector have become more and more prevalent, delivering projects such as new highways and hospitals. As the pressure to deliver infrastructure projects quicker, cheaper and better increases, Public-Private Partnerships are considered at every level of government. Do we know the whole story? Are these partnerships as productive as they appear? This week Thomas Barlow, Director, National Infrastructure and Public-Private Partnerships Group, Fasken Martineau, talks about these issues with Publicvoice.tv.

Thomas Barlow is a partner at Fasken Martineau and director of its national infrastructure and public-private partnerships group and municipal law practice. Tom is also a founding member of Fasken’s government relations and ethics practice group. He has acted for a number of governments, provincial ministries and agencies as counsel on Public-Private Partnership projects across Canada and the United States.

Click here for Part 1 of the video.