The document is still in its development stages but addresses far more than the need to garner greater funding for road construction. It looks at transportation needs as a whole and how Canada's policy in this regard must be driven by trade and by competition.
Transportation is a business.
It requires flexibility to respond to the needs of its customers. Public policy should reflect this reality. Competition rules and regulations need to balance the interests of users with those of providers, while a National Transportation Policy Framework needs to provide the environment where Canadian carriers can grow and compete. This policy framework needs to recognize trends and set principles in the following areas. Canada's integration into a North American and global economy, Canada's lack of a national, multi-modal infrastructure investment strategy.