Nunavut’s infrastructure and housing crises are closely linked and need a federal partner to step up
New houses create additional infrastructure burdens on communities that the federal government must help them to address.
Resolving the housing crisis: governments and stakeholder collaboration is key
Collaboration leads to the identification and implementation of best practices, and serves as an effective instrument for non-inflationary economic growth.
Why Canada must protect the existing affordable housing stock
Canada has among the lowest community housing stock of all G7 countries, yet the Liberals’ National Housing Strategy aims to create a mere 5,000 community housing units per year.
Maximizing federal assets to address the housing crisis
Over the next five years, the Canada Lands Company is aiming to enable the construction of more than 26,400 new homes, with a minimum affordable housing target of 20 per cent across all projects.
What do humanitarians see when we look back over 2023?
We’ve seen some gains to improve the humanitarian system so that in the future, fewer people will need our help, but we feel the Canadian government can and should do more.
Building a solid foundation for volunteerism in Canada
Canada’s last national volunteer strategy was launched in 1967. We need an integrated, consistent, and cohesive approach to support all forms of participation and volunteering to create a more connected nation.
Without mandatory green procurement standards, the cheap choice will always top the green choice
Commercial and public buildings are among Canada’s most significant greenhouse gas emitters.
Canada needs to up its game on climate finance
Measures for greater transparency and development of a new taxonomy for climate finance made up a small and unambitious section of the Fall Economic Statement.
The Toronto-Quebec City railway corridor project: a green ticket to sustainable travel
We need to develop a transportation service that empowers 15 million Canadians to swap cars for a greener mode of travel, thereby instantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Canada must stay the course on its push to tackle plastic pollution
The Liberal government is considering an appeal of a Federal Court’s Nov. 16 decision which overturned Canada’s ban on single-use plastic.
