Private investment for public infrastructure

Another comment on urban infrastructure. If we're unable to fund it, Christopher Hume at the Toronto Star offers a solution to get that critical urban infrastructure built - by the private sector. Mr. Hume cites examples in the UK, but my sense is that success depends largely on the cultural relationship between, and public perception of, the government and the private sector. Success varies across the board, from the Scandinavias, the US, to Eastern Europe, China and Southeast Asia.