The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis
The cost of infrastructure expansion is typically covered through development charges paid by developers when they build new housing, which exacerbates Canada’s significant affordability crisis.
Do Canadians need new houses, or new homes?
We should embrace a broader public vision that supports families in accessing affordable homes integrated into local community infrastructure and services.
Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts
Canada is facing an infrastructure deficit for new housing, and a funding deficit to manage the core assets already in place, says Canadian Infrastructure Council chair Jennifer Angel.
Labour stability is the missing link in Canada’s economic reboot
Without reform, Carney’s nation-building agenda risks being derailed by labour strife.
Lightbound says Canada Post privatization ‘not on the table’ as feds work to salvage ‘insolvent’ Crown corp
Government Transformation and Public Works Minister Joël Lightbound defended Canada Post as the ‘fabric of our nation’ though the Crown corporation is projected to lose $1.5-billion this year.
Conservatives’ push to scrap foreign worker program meets public anxieties, but risks scapegoating migrants, say observers
‘The danger [and] challenge is for the Conservatives to have their message portrayed, or come across, as being unwelcoming to new Canadians and diverse Canadians who inhabit large parts of our major cities, moved there, were making a difference there,’ says Conservative pundit Tim Powers.
Canada’s defence depends on its universities
Ottawa’s new defence spending commitments will only succeed if the country invests strategically in its universities.
Gender equality week should be a wake-up call for Canadian leaders
We celebrate Gender Equality Week at a moment when progress is faltering. The Prosperity Project’s 2025 Annual Report Card on Gender Equity and Leadership reveals a shrinking pipeline of women leaders. This should set off alarms in every corporate and government boardroom. Instead of congratulating ourselves, we need urgent action to reverse the trend. At […]
Build smarter, baby: Canada needs to transform the way we make things
Canada has the talent and the technology to navigate this historic shift. We have abundant resources, skilled workers, world-leading research, a vibrant technology sector, and a dynamic manufacturing base that has proven it can compete with its counterparts south of the border.
Mark Carney’s nation-building efforts for the under-five set
Working families are crucial to the economy of today, and tomorrow and they need to be a serious part of the equation moving forward.
