Who can address Canada’s infrastructure needs?

The federal government’s ‘peace, order, and good government’ emergency powers need to be invoked because surely the current infrastructure deficit, combined with the climate crisis, qualifies as an emergency.

If Canada cannot overcome the jurisdictional obstacles that lie in the way of providing both housing and other necessary infrastructure, a dire future awaits, writes Mariana Valverde.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARIANA VALVERDE

October 4, 2023

Serious policy discussions about Canada’s housing needs are happening at all levels of government and in virtually all municipalities, not just big cities. Some politicians want to facilitate any type of new housing, a position that favours developers of the most profitabl...

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