For the Canada we want, we need to build better

If we understand infrastructure to be as important to the Canadian economy as it is, then we understand that roads paved in the interest of any economic action plan lead us nowhere.

In a Canadian context, ‘Build Back Better’ has little to no relevance, let’s just ‘Build Better’ and call it a day. Shovel-ready, shelf-ready, build back better—whatever the terminology du jour, what matters most is the social fabric and policy framework under which these investments are made, writes Kerry Black. Pexels photograph by Leah Kelly

Opinion

BY KERRY BLACK

August 25, 2021

The yellow-brick road to recovery post-economic downturn is often paved in shovel-ready infrastructure projects. The result of short-sighted investment planning, these projects all too often are merely a drop in the proverbial bucket of infrastructure needs. The growing national infrastructure defi...

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