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.
Nation-building in an uncertain world: why Canada must invest in public infrastructure now
With economic uncertainty mounting and a recession looming, Canada must invest strategically to support long-term prosperity while addressing immediate challenges.
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.
The hidden cost of inaction: structural barriers limit mental health-care access
Given the unconscionable human and societal cost of long wait times, limited access, and documented systemic inequity, strategic action is required.
Governments are still failing Canadians on mental health and substance use health care
Canadians deserve more than promises—they deserve access, investment, and
accountability.
Your humanoid robot will see you now
Reports of ‘AI psychosis’ where individuals develop delusions involving chatbots or perceive the technology as communicating directly with them underscore the new psychological risks introduced by these tools.
