National infrastructure assessment an opportunity to heal Canada’s socio-economic nervous system

To turn this promise into action, this independent infrastructure watchdog must have the teeth required to hold all orders of government accountable for cleaning up our infrastructure mess.

Energy, broadband, housing, green, transportation, health care, social, and other forms of newly recognized critical infrastructure must be considered equally as important as roads and bridges—something all orders of government have struggled to accomplish to date, writes Ashleigh Weeden.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY ASHLEIGH WEEDEN

October 20, 2021

When the newly elected members of the 44th Parliament take their seats, they will be faced with critical questions about how they will shape “the next normal” for the communities they serve. From broadband to health care to housing, the last 19 months have highlighted just how ill-equ...

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