The missing link for achieving climate-ready infrastructure is procurement

We have what it takes to promote climate-friendly innovations, boost productivity, and build a new infrastructure-based export sector—but it must start with changing our country’s public procurement policy, write Eric Bosco and Arvind Gupta.

A pedestrian walks across the Mackenzie King Bridge over the Rideau Canal in Ottawa on July 13, 2022. Canada has set ambitious targets in the National Adaptation Strategy, which lays out a path towards climate readiness, with the federal budget earmarking a whopping $33.5-billion over the next 11 years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERIC BOSCO AND ARVIND GUPTA

May 15, 2023

With an estimated $400-billion required over the next 10 years to replace Canada’s aging roads, bridges and buildings, alarm bells are ringing about our looming infrastructure deficit. But what if we switch gears and think of this as a unique opportunity for our country to...

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