Driving Progress
Annual Report 2022-2023
Letter from the Chair
Vicki Harnish
As Chairperson of Halifax Harbour Bridges, I am delighted to report on the progress we have made in the past year. It has been a year of preparation, with a lot of work happening behind the scenes that will bear fruit in the coming years.
Letter from the CEO
Tony Wright
In the months since joining Halifax Harbour Bridges, the support I have received from staff, the Board, stakeholders and the community at large has been gratifying. We have big challenges ahead, but there is a shared understanding that only by working together will we be able to fulfill our mandate of providing efficient and reliable cross-harbour transportation into the future.
Land acknowledgement
Halifax Harbour Bridges respectfully acknowledges that it is located in Mi’kimaki, the traditional and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
Africville was a vibrant, close-knit African Nova Scotian community on the shores of Bedford Basin until the community was expelled in the 1960s. Halifax Harbour Bridges acknowledges and pays respect to its descendants knowing that the building of the MacKay Bridge will forever be tied to the loss of Africville. Halifax Harbour Bridges would like to build a meaningful relationship with the descendants of Africville and, more broadly, African Nova Scotian communities.
Priorities
From engineering, innovation and technology to sustainability and inclusion, we’re working to meet our goals to drive progress and make positive impact in our communities.
Community
As we bridge the vibrant communities of the HRM, we support the local organizations that are driving positive change.
Feature Items
Nova Scotians and those from around the world continued to show us we are more than transportation links. We are communal bridges that continuously captivate their attention and win their hearts.
Financials
Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) was created in 1950 by a statute of the Province of Nova Scotia and is a Government Business Enterprise (GBE) as defined by the Public Sector Accounting Board recommendations. As such, HHB prepares its financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
