It’s time we treat campus infrastructure as a nation-building project

Investments in universities are practical and high-impact investments that will create new jobs, deliver value for taxpayers and strengthen Canada’s competitiveness.

Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson, centre, participates in a scrum in the West Block on May 14, 2025. If Robertson's government is serious about mobilizing a wartime-level response to Canada’s infrastructure crisis, it needs to mobilize every asset it has, including universities, writes Gabriel Miller. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GABRIEL MILLER

July 14, 2025

Canada is having an urgent and overdue conversation about housing and infrastructure. But if we want real solutions, we need to include one of our most powerful and underused nation-building tools: our university campuses.

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