Much of Canada’s trade moves through federal transportation assets, such as major ports, airports, and land border crossings. These assets are vital to the country’s trade and economic competitiveness. In this era of rapidly moving global supply chains, they are part of a transportation system that must be reliable, efficient and resilient to various stressors, including climate and weather.

“Extreme weather events are occurring more frequently, causing costly damage in our communities. These disruptions have an impact on Canadians that depend on their roads, airports, and other transportation infrastructure to deliver necessities like food and medicine. The government is supporting research projects that are helping Alberta, and the rest of Canada, build its resilience to the effects of climate change.”

The Honourable Marc Garneau
Minister of Transport

“From floods to fires, Albertans are all too familiar with the dangerous effects of climate change. Today’s funding from our federal government will help the Calgary International Airport and Springbank Airport to better evaluate and plan for future extreme weather, and build the resilience of our transportation infrastructure.”

Kent Hehr
Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre

• Climate change and extreme weather events can damage transportation infrastructure such as roads, bridges, rail lines, ports and airports, which can cause costly travel and transport delays, undermining the safety, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation system.

• The Transportation Assets Risk Assessment program funds the assessment of climate risk to provide information to asset owners and operators on what infrastructure components may be vulnerable to climate and weather-related hazards to support investment and asset management planning.

Associated links

• The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
• Transport Canada’s 2017-2020 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy
• Transportation Assets Risk Assessment program

Delphine Denis
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Marc Garneau
Minister of Transport, Ottawa
613-991-0700
delphine.denis@tc.gc.ca

Media Relations
Transport Canada, Ottawa
613-993-0055
media@tc.gc.ca