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| Type | Crown Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Public infrastructure |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia , |
Area served | British Columbia |
Key people | Dana hayden (Chair) Marc Liedemann (President and CEO) |
| Website | www |
Partnerships BC is British Columbia's public-private partnership unit. It is a Crown Corporation, wholly owned by the Government of British Columbia. Created in 2002, it is governed by a Board of Directors reporting to its sole shareholder, the Minister of Finance. It is incorporated under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act. Its threefold mandate is to facilitate the development of public-private partnerships infrastructure projects in BC, to advise the government on whether to use these partnerships and finally to evaluate their value for money.[1]
Partnership BC is British Columbia's P3 unit. Partnership BC charges work fees to government departments, and its services are mandatory for infrastructure projects. Because they require p3s for their existence, do policy promotion and evaluation, and charge a user fee, they have an incentive to recommend ever more P3 projects. Partnership BC operates more like a business than a government agency. As per example, they refer to other government agencies and ministries as its clients despite being a crown corporation and under the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance.[2]
Partnership BC had a mini-scandal when it was revealed they were paying their executive staff well above the public sector's standard pay rate, which they justified as necessary for enticing people with financial experience to work for them.[2]
Major projects
- Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre
- Brittania Mine Water Treatment Plant
- Canada Line
- Critical Care Tower, Surrey Memorial Hospital
- Jim Pattison Surgery and Outpatient Care Centre (Surrey, British Columbia)
- Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvement Project
- Sea to Sky Highway
- Surrey Pretrial Services Centre Expansion Project
See also
Public-private partnerships in Canada
References
- ^ "About Us". Partnerships BC. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ a b Whiteside, Heather (2016). Public-private partnerships in Canada. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55266-896-2. OCLC 952801311.