TORONTO — The CanInfra Challenge announced 20 teams that will advance to the next round of the Canada-wide ideas contest to solve the country’s infrastructure challenges.
Led by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the challenge aims to reignite the drive for the future by recognizing ideas that will have an economic and social impact, spark dialogue among leaders in government and the private sector and advance the national conversation on infrastructure, states a media release.
The group was selected by a panel of judges including BCG senior adviser George Stalk; former deputy minister of infrastructure Drew Fagan; Drew Buchanan, co-head of Debevoise & Plimpton’s Global Infrastructure and Finance Group; and Robert Steiner, director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affair’s Fellowship in Global Journalism and professor of Global Practice.
The teams will receive coaching from executives from Torys LLP, Deloitte, Brookfield Asset Management and BCG, as well as BCG alumni, to refine their pitches ahead of online voting by the public, adds the release.
“Canada is too big to think small, and we need transformational infrastructure ideas to position ourselves for the next century,” said Kilian Berz, a Toronto-based senior partner and chair of the Centre for Canada’s Future, in a statement. “Canada has an enviable quality of life and strong economy, but our infrastructure is often not keeping up with our growth.”
The final 10 contenders will be announced on April 23 and the winner of the $50,000 grand prize will be named at the Canadian Transformational Infrastructure Summit in May.
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