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Martin Imbleau spoke at the 2023 Rail Symposium on safety and climate resiliency

MONTRÈAL (July 31, 2023) – The VIA HFR – VIA TGF Inc. Board of Directors announced today, following a national and international search, the appointment of Martin Imbleau as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective September 8, 2023.

Mr. Imbleau has over 25 years of experience in developing and operating energy transportation systems and major infrastructure projects—including large freight transportation infrastructure, given his current role as the President and CEO of the Montréal Port Authority.

OTTAWA (June 28, 2023) – Leading executive Fiona Blondin has joined the VIA HFR – VIA TGF Inc. board of directors, the Crown corporation announced today.
Blondin, a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, is Vice President of Indigenous Strategy at Cormorant Utility Services, headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario.

The Government of Canada has selected a private sector partner to take an innovative and collaborative approach for the engineering design and development of Alto. This is intended to promote innovation, drive better service for passengers, reduce risk and improve risk management and ultimately achieve better value for Canadians.

VIA HFR’s Corporate Secretary and interim Chief Executive Officer, Marc-Olivier Ranger spoke with the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance. His remarks covered the project’s progress, next steps, the corporate budget and the procurement process.

P3 2022 Conference

On October 31, 2022, the Government of Canada released the Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) Update. This followed on the RFEOI that was released March 10, 2022. The process sought advice and views from industry on the Alto project – responses were requested by May 31, 2022. Two RFEOI information sessions hosted by the Government of Canada on April 6, 2022 – one in English and one in French – helped ensure participants had the information they needed to provide thorough and insightful responses to the RFEOI.

The Government of Canada announced July 20, 2023 that it had qualified three bidding teams and would invite them to respond to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Alto project. The RFP was issued to the three qualified bidding teams.

On March 30, 2023 Rob Prichard delivered a special address at the Toronto Board of Trade Transportation Symposium

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has tabled VIA HFR’s Corporate Plan Summary in Parliament. The summary captures our planned work for Fiscal Year 2023-24.