Comment Re:Old news... (Score 1) 585
What's interesting and different about the 407 ETR though is that it is NOT owned OR operated by the government, but is owned and operated by a consortium of private companies.
This consortium consists of Spanish company Grupo Ferrovial and its subsidiary Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, SNC-Lavalin, and Capital d'Amerique CDPQ, a subsidiary of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. It was sold by the province of Ontario in 1999 to the tune of 3.107 billion dollars.