Bridging the adoption gap: the key to turning Canada’s productivity around
The pace of digital adoption, its link to productivity, and productivity’s link to standard of living, is the concern of policymakers—and they should be concerned.
Innovation strategy, particularly in high-tech sectors, needed as Canada diversifies trade, say experts
Reversing Canada’s weak innovation performance is ‘more urgent than ever,’ according to a report by the Council of Canadian Academies.
Canada’s AI moment is a values-based one
Canada should step into the void on international cooperation on AI, making strategic use of its middle-power status and promoting the type of international growth it seeks to benefit from.
Solving Canada’s housing crisis starts with a reality check
Would-be first-time buyers are stuck between choosing ‘too small’ or ‘too expensive.’ A vibrant housing system needs to include options and opportunity across its entire continuum.
Housing: Modular and Affordable
This one policy could allow Canada to dramatically reduce land costs for affordable housing
An Affordable Housing Gifts program would remove barriers to companies and individuals looking to donate land to qualified Community Land Trusts.
Affordable housing is slipping away. Here’s how we get it back
We can meet housing challenges, but only if every order of government and other key stakeholders work together with purpose and urgency.
Build Canada Homes is poised to make a generational investment in non-market and public housing—but will it?
BCH’s planned 4,000 units over six sites is a good start, but falls well short of what’s needed.
A home is a human right: why inclusion must be built in
When the primary goal becomes building as many units as possible, as quickly as possible, the needs and rights of marginalized communities can be overlooked.
Canada’s housing crisis isn’t just about building more—it’s about getting governments to talk to each other
Misalignment between federal, provincial, and municipal requirements causes delays that compound costs year after year.
