Infrastructure

Public transit in Quebec: looking beyond the next election

Two roofers are bent over the plywood-covered roofs of a set of two-storey townhouses clad in pressboard, some of them covered in deep-blue and white membrane material.

Ontario’s Keeping Energy Costs Down Act will do the exact opposite

Solar panels planted in a field against a grey sky.

Reaching net-zero calls for nimbler, more transparent assessment of clean energy projects

Doug Ford waves at a photographer as he walks into a room with brick walls and a monitor on the wall.

Doug Ford avoids hard questions to ‘get it done’ in Ontario

A river rushes past a temporary flood barrier attempting to protect several river-front houses. Standing water visible behind the barrier.

High and dry: The rising tide of flood risks and the insurance dilemma

It’s time to index fuel taxes

A length of pipe hovers over snow-covered ground on the Prairie, held up by a strap held by a crane lift.

First Nations need equity to help drive a cleaner Canadian economy

Une excavatrice creuse l’asphalte d’une rue résidentielle dont la surface a été grattée. Une équipe d’environ quatre hommes vêtus de gilets et de pantalons de travail vert et orange fluorescents observe la scène.

Our future depends on infrastructure. It’s time to act like it.

Cities can speed up climate action by slowing down traffic

A beige, stone bungalow is surrounded by brown-ish water that is about five feet high. The basement-level doors and windows are three-quarters under water. Mature trees surround the house.

Government leadership in flood protection is overdue

Australia’s infrastructure review: A cautionary tale for Canada

Under hazy skies, opportunities for ground-up climate disaster policy changes

We must increase confidence in Canada’s security and intelligence enterprise

A tale of two metropolitan regions

Two trains ride on outdoor above-ground rail lines, one of them on a curve on a track that runs below the other train. The fronts of the trains are blue with a white stripe at the bottom. Several passengers can be seen in the front window of one train.

How can we make our critical infrastructures robust and resilient enough?

Two light-grey ships are tied up alongside a dock, each festooned with colourful nautical flags strewn from their bows to the top of their bridges. In front of them, a dais has been set up to face the crowd, which consists of four rows of seated navy personnel, all dressed in black uniforms with their flat-topped, white hats.

Tin pot navy 2.0

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