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INFRASTRUCTURE QUIZ H 1 2 3 ow much do you know about planes, trains, and automobiles — or more specifically, the public infrastructure that supports them? Test your knowledge with this quiz authored by WeirFoulds LLP partners Bradley McLellan and Daniel Ferguson. In choosing a private sector partner to undertake infrastructure projects, which of the following procurement process methods would normally not be utilized by a municipality? (a) RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) (b) RFQ (Request for Qualifications) (c) RFP (Request for Proposals) (d) tenders Which of the following entities has a mandate of providing an integrated multi-modal transportation network in the Greater Toronto Area? (a) GO Transit (b) Infrastructure Ontario (c) Metrolinx (d) Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) In infrastructure projects that Ontario's Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal is involved in, which of the following will not customarily be part of the private sector's involvement in infrastructure projects? (a) design work (b) construction work (c) ownership of the asset (d) operation, maintenance, and management of the asset 4 5 6 In a contract between the public sector and the private sector for the delivery of infrastructure, which of the following risks is usually not allocated to the private sector? (a) political risk (b) price risk (c) delivery-of-project-on-time risk (d) environmental risk Which one of the following projects would not be considered an infrastructure project: (a) drinking water facility (b) residential condominium development (c) airport (d) bridge (e) power plant In a 2003 report done for Infrastructure Canada, the total size of the "infrastructure gap" (the difference between the amount needed to properly and sustainably maintain or replace existing infrastructure and the amount actually spent) of all levels of government in Canada was estimated to be: (a) $25 billion (b) $50 billion (c) $75 billion (d) $100 billion (e) $125 billion See answers on page 36 C ANADIAN Lawyer INHOUSE FEBRU AR Y 2008 35