Transportation infrastructure key for Canada’s economic recovery

Investing in transportation infrastructure will allow Canada and Canadian businesses to contend with international competition in adjusting to the economic shocks of COVID-19 this past year and a half.

Since the onset of the pandemic, COVID-19 has had severe impacts on the transport sector. A ban on cruise ships has halted the $4-billion-per-year industry, which has crippled dependent tourism companies, and is threatening the existence of a technical stop in Vancouver, writes Stephanie Kusie. Unsplash photograph by Peter Hansen

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP STEPHANIE KUSIE

August 25, 2021

Canadians are used to COVID-19 impacting their everyday lives, but the Canadian economy has not acclimated to the restrictions and conditions imposed by the “new normal.” This sluggish adaptation to meet the new demands of the market is a direct result of the federal government languishing in it...

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