Investments in education and training infrastructure critical to Canada’s long-term recovery

Preparing Canada’s workforce and promoting a culture of lifelong learning increasingly requires a combination of physical and digital spaces. Now is a time for big ideas and innovative solutions.

In a recent speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured Sept. 11, 2020, pointed out that every tax dollar invested in new infrastructure needs to perform a triple duty beyond the infrastructure itself—growing the economy, combatting climate change and promoting social equality.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MATT HENDERSON

December 7, 2020

As Canada begins to build back better, investments that achieve multiple benefits stand to expedite recovery and amplify impact. Just as the United States once did with its New Deal to re...

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