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Public Policy Ranking Criteria

Public Policy Ranking Criteria Per Category Of Projects		Water	Wastewater	Solid Waste	Public Transit	Local Roads & Bridges	Cultural	Recreation	Tourism	Energy improvement	Connectivity
Shared criteria	1. Has broad support in the community;	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	2. Addresses its impact on the various climate parameters and adapts to the potential risks posed by future climate change;	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	3. Minimizes impact on climate change by: mitigating or reducing GHGs by using renewable energy sources, innovative technologies and practices that increase energy efficiency, or by other mitigation strategies; and cost-effectively minimizing GHG emissions attributable to the Project in both construction and operation;	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	4. Fosters alliances between public and private sector, and encourages an AFPA;	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
	5. Uses best practices for technologies and construction;	•	•	•		•
	6. Improves energy usage and efficiency;	•	•	•
	7. Features closed-loop resource management (wastewater, biosolids and waste re-use and recycling, power generation derived from treatment process or solid waste, and passive energy sources);	•	•	•
	8. Reduces or eliminates potential health risks;	•	•
	9. Is based on a strategy for local water and wastewater management providing for long-term sustainability including appropriate metering and pricing;	•	•
	10. Is supported by a business case that addresses: demand-management including water metering and public education; and a sustainable approach to financing that ensures ongoing operation, maintenance and upgrading;	•	•
	11. Reduces or eliminates potential impacts or risks associated with disasters;			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	12. Improves transportation system efficiency (e.g., cost per passenger-km, capacity for passenger throughput in corridors);				•	•
	13. Gives consideration to alternatives to the Project being proposed;				•	•
	14. Improves transportation and public safety and security;				•	•
	15. Minimizes other air contaminants from transportation;				•	•
	16. Improves access to business, employment and educational opportunities for local citizens, including Aboriginal peoples;				•	•
	17. Promotes the use of innovative technology or processes in transportation, urban or rural, including the use of ITS technologies, where applicable;				•	•
	18. Is a multi-use or multi-component facility;							•	•
Water	19. Provides a multi-jurisdictional, multi-sectoral and integrated approach to drinking water that: addresses long-term financial sustainability; considers full-cost recovery; contributes to integrated watershed management; and includes the concept of Source to Tap.	•
Wastewater	20. Addresses the management of storm water by, for example, separating wastewater systems from storm water systems;		•
	21. Addresses long-term financial sustainability, which may include full cost pricing and contribute to integrated watershed management		•
	22. Diminishes the frequency of sanitary and combined sewer overflows during rainfall;		•
	23. Proposes a wastewater system that is equivalent in performance to secondary treatment with additional treatment if appropriate.		•
Solid waste	24. Reduces waste to disposal and increases waste recycled or composted per capita;			•
Solid waste	25 Is based on full cost accounting.			•
Public transit	26. Increases public transit mode share and ridership;				•
	27. Implements transportation demand strategies to increase transit ridership or technologies to encourage system efficiency through transferability and integration between modes (e.g., fare and service integration);				•
	28. Increases efficiency of access to major transportation facilities (e.g., ports, airports, railway stations);				•
	29. Has been the subject of a cost-benefit analysis, particularly for larger Projects.				•
Local Roads & Bridges	30. Considers the impact of the road investment on public transit within the same municipal and rural boundaries, and identifies mitigation strategies as appropriate;					•
	31. Conforms to the Applicant's asset management plan containing performance measure indicators for local roads and bridges;					•
	32. Improves transportation system performance (delay, travel time, etc.)					•
	33. Promotes economic development, including access to markers, goods movement costs, tourism, etc.					•
Cultural	34. Is coherent with a sound local cultural strategy						•
	35. Contributes to overall community sustainability						•
	36. Increases the Applicant's capacity to reach new audiences, and to enhance and diversify its program offerings						•
	37. Will have a positive overall impact on the availability of spaces for artistic creation, presentation or innovation, for the preservation and presentation of heritage collections, in a multi-use or multi-component environment						•
	38. Complements the local, provincial or national network of cultural Infrastructure for arts and heritage activities						•
	39. Benefits other artistic and heritage organizations locally, regionally, provincially, or nationally, and where applicable, internationally						•
	40. Contributes to the designation, preservation and renovation of heritage sites						•
	41. Is endorsed by arts and heritage communities						•
	42. Meets all applicable federal/provincial/municipal standards for the use of First Nations residents and Inuit						•
Recreation	43. Targets disadvantaged neighborhoods							•
	44. Proposes an Infrastructure for safe and accessible physical activities, sports and recreation that will contribute to the social, personal and economic development of the community							•
	45. Ensures that the facility will be used for the broad-based delivery of sports, physical and recreational programs							•
	46. Increases public access and participation to the facility or recreational activities							•
	47. Provides safe and equitable access to the Project's indoor, outdoor and natural facilities							•
	48. Fosters community partnerships to maximize benefits from the Project							•
	49. Designs, if possible, the proposed Infrastructure facility to meet international competitive standards approved by national sport organizations							•
	50. Encourages active living and active transportation (bicycle and recreational trails) based on official community plans							•
	51. Encourages, supports and increases opportunities for all, and disadvantaged groups in particular to engage in physical activity							•
Tourism	52. Increases the number of tourists visiting the community								•
	53. Increases the average length of stay of tourists visiting the community								•
	54. Demonstrates a growth-generating impact on the region (in terms of economic spinoffs, complementarity of Infrastructure, attraction of a new clientele, etc								•
	55. Proposes tourism facilities that are environmentally sustainable								•
	56. Increases the appreciation of the environment through tourism								•
	57. Is part of a broader tourism strategy for the local community								•
Energy Improvement	58. Reduces GHG, with greater consideration for Projects with larger reductions, and taking into account the cost-effectiveness of the reductions per federal dollar provided									•
	59. Increases comfort for occupants of building									•
	60. Is supported by the presence of local climate change plan									•
	61. Reduces air pollution									•
	62. Increases energy efficiency, diversity and security									•
	63. In the case of cogeneration and district energy systems: displaces high-GHG energy sources; and features the cost-competitive use of energy;									•
	64. In the case of a building, addresses the use of heating and cooling systems using renewable sources, such as ground-source heat pumps, high-efficiency/low-emission biomass combustion systems, solarwalls (solar pre-heat of fresh ventilation air) and solar hot water systems									•
Connectivity	65. Benefits the communities it connects and improves the delivery of public services										•
	66. Provides points of presence connections to communities that allow for reasonable subscriber rates for their residents and businesses										•
	67. Improves the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of e-health										•
	68. Ensures that technological solutions are appropriate, available, and scaleable for future needs										•
	69. Will benefit from private-sector investment and involvement in managing and operating the network										•
	70. Meets the needs of minority and indigenous cultures and languages										•
	71. Encourages the involvement of Aboriginal businesses										•

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