Multi-solving the polycrisis: addressing climate, economy, and defence through infrastructure

As the Carney government accelerates defence spending there is significant potential to address multiple challenges, from climate resilience to housing to regional economic development via reuse and multi-solving.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a PMO press release on Feb. 17, 2026, that Canada is on track to hit a two per cent NATO spending target this fiscal year.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KAREN CHAPPLE

March 23, 2026

In the first National Infrastructure Assessment report issued last fall, the Canadian Infrastructure Council prioritized the reuse of existing built infrastructure, ideally to “multi-...

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