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.
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.
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.