ABOUT US
The Southern Ontario Gateway Council (SOGC) is a transportation and economic development forum, whose members include most of the major transportation providers in southern Ontario. Our voting membership includes railways, trucking, marine transport and aviation modes. Our resource membership includes the municipal governments in our mandate area, major shippers, industry associations and the federal and provincial levels of government. Through government relations, communications and consensus building, SOGC members will support our shared vision:
To Achieve excellence in an integrated transportation system
for the prosperity of Southern Ontario
The SOGC strategic plan is focused on 4 key policy areas:
- Infrastructure and Funding—solving the urban gridlock problem
- Integrated Planning—improving land use policies to protect future transportation routes
- Network Efficiency—ensuring that the existing network is optimized.
- Borders, Security and Safety—speeding the flow of goods through the NAFTA gateway in order to maintain the competitiveness of the Ontario economy.
SOGC’s government affairs activity includes our current membership on the private sector advisory committee looking into the Ontario Quebec Continental Gateway and trade corridor process. SOGC is also collaborating with Metrolinx in the development of a goods movement strategy which is intended to form part of Metrolinx’s Regional Transportation Plan.
As part of our industry and public education mandate, SOGC is committed organizing forums and seminars dealing with the major issues which form our policy mandate.
The population of Southern Ontario is expected to grow by approximately 30% by 2021, resulting in a significant increase in transportation demand. SOGC’s goal is to ensure that the transportation system meets the needs of the future economy.
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