Liberal MPs from Toronto as the last line of defence for the city and its residents on the potential expansion of the Billy Bishop Airport. Unfortunately, most of these MPs are ducking residents on the issue or sharing vague, scripted responses.
Despite the current policy, Canadian content requirements wouldn’t necessarily apply to the upcoming Via Rail contract since its process began in 2024.
The Canada Public Transit Fund was set to begin this month, but key details remain unresolved after Ottawa cut $5-billion and moved part of the money into a broader infrastructure stream.
If we continue to train people as though tomorrow’s sector will look like yesterday’s, we will create a gap between technological innovation and human capability.
Without important safeguards, increased competition has the potential to do more harm than good.
Constrained nationwide financial support for higher education is certainly not conducive to realizing the experiential learning vision in aerospace training.
We can ensure the future of Canadian flight by leveraging green bonds, encouraging market competition, and treating northern air networks as vital public infrastructure.
In addition to nation-building projects that focus on energy and resources, we need investments that focus on the entire technology ecosystem.
Aviation is too often treated as a source of government revenue rather than as a system that requires reinvestment to remain safe, reliable, and affordable.
A more integrated framework that fully encompasses both aerospace and aviation would provide the clarity needed to support investment and planning in the long term.
The next era of Canadian airpower will be defined by how effectively a network of systems can work together to improve the capabilities and effectiveness of human operators.
Amid global competition and geopolitical pressures, the challenges and opportunities facing the sector are becoming more urgent and interconnected.
The government should instead focus more on transit in major urban centres as it would address residents’ immediate concerns about traffic while also delivering electoral benefits, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle.
This week, the Liberals revealed details for the $51-billion fund, which will be spent over 10 years. Of that total, $17.2-billion is a ‘provincial and territorial stream’ requiring them agreeing to slash development charges to build infrastructure for growing population.
The federal and Ontario governments have pledged a combined $8.8-billion over a decade, but said some of the falling revenues from cuts to development charges must be funded by the municipalities.
The Building Canada Act is only a starting point. Without a methodology, project designation risks becoming ad hoc, contested, or overly political, undermining public confidence and private investment.
As our own transit systems and rail lines become increasingly automated and data-driven, they become prime targets for malicious actors. Canada needs a comprehensive strategy that aligns with our NATO allies.
Consultations are open until March 27 for an agreement between Ottawa and Alberta intended to accelerate the construction of major projects in the province.
We continue to treat AI as the domain of elite researchers, large firms, and a few potential national champions. But Canada does not need one AI champion. We need thousands of AI adopters and reimaginers.
Healthcare infrastructure is no longer limited to bricks and mortar. Digital technologies and infrastructure have become just as essential to delivering high-quality care.
As LLMs are built and become more sophisticated, there are predictions that many entry-level positions in all sectors of the economy will be eliminated. This is where the big opportunity lies to replace those disappearing jobs with new startups in every sector that leverages AI as a tool rather than compete with it.
One cost of nation building in Canada is the painstaking effort involved in securing sufficient compromise across the federation, which often requires public spending to move mountains.
As Canada enters this era of nation building, we should be equipping our leaders with the tools and techniques to successfully deliver the most ambitious projects in the country.
Supportive smart homes should be treated as core infrastructure in modern aging policy.
The government’s ambitious infrastructure plan aims to strengthen Canada’s long-term economic foundations, but that won’t happen unless digital infrastructure is treated as a core nation-building asset alongside transportation corridors, energy systems and ports.
