Building more homes is a shared vision. Now we need the infrastructure to make it real
Everyday infrastructure like roads, bridges, pipes, public transit, stormwater management is critical to turning housing aspirations into reality.
Nation-building starts with builders
This country urgently needs to invest in skills training, take action to scale apprenticeships, and work with us to destigmatize careers in the trades.
Bill C-8’s moment of truth: draw the line on what’s ‘critical’
Bill C-8 establishes a protection regime for federally regulated sectors, and should be treated as a generational opportunity to replace chalk lines with mathematics.
As digital transformation reshapes our world, our expectations for physical infrastructure must evolve
In cities, the digital economy interacts with physical and publicly funded infrastructure, often in unexpected ways.
The climate is changing faster than Canada’s infrastructure—ignoring it is not fiscally responsible
Extreme weather is already reshaping our economy, destabilizing our energy supply, weakening our ecosystems, and testing our infrastructure.
Building Canada’s infrastructure for resilience and sustainable development
Infrastructure is not only concrete, steel, and wood. It is about people, places, and possibilities.
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.
A critical moment for the climate emergency, and a green infrastructure deficit
An alternative vision is not only possible but necessary to secure Canada’s economic future.
Below the surface: Canada’s hidden infrastructure crisis is a climate reckoning
Canada needs a forward-looking National Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act to establish a framework for co-ordinated investment, standardized data collection, and climate resilience.
The promise and perils of nation-building projects
Getting swept up in political hype and hubris can lead to the wrong projects, poor priorities, and terrible outcomes.
