Canada’s infrastructure plan has a human hardware problem

We have a country that needs workers and a generation that needs work. We should be designing policy around that fact.

Workers at the Cliff Energy Centre construction site in Ottawa in July 2025. Here is a straightforward proposition for the Carney government: every major federally supported infrastructure project should have a youth employment plan, writes Senator Farah Mohamed.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR FARAH MOHAMED

October 7, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s nation-building agenda is the right call. Under the Building Canada Act and the Major Projects Office, ports, mines, grids, and homes are moving from slide decks toward shovels. The spring economic update identifies 15 projects worth more than ...

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