Yearly Archives: 2016
Power to the Rails
A planned decade-long project to electrify more than half the GO Transit commuter rail network in the Toronto area is in line with a...
The Hardest Job to Fill
By 2025, Canada is on course to have a shortfall of 261,400 skilled tradespeople—and this is just for the residential construction market alone. Add...
Power Shift
The dramatic shift in Alberta’s political landscape in 2015 was considered seismic at the time. Rachel Notley’s New Democratic Party (NDP) came from seemingly...
At the Speed of Light
If you pass through the main streets of Hamilton, you’ll notice that street lights have become much brighter. The city recently completed an extensive...
Banking on Change
Over the past decade, several attempts were made to close the Canadian infrastructure gap. These were led at various government levels across Canada and...
Not Making the Grade
The 2016 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card (CIRC) provided an assessment of the country’s municipal assets, including roads and bridges, public transit, buildings, sport and...
Flowing Funds
There is widespread consensus that Canada’s water systems are in urgent need of investment, replacement, and renewal. For many cities and communities, however, the...
Inside our Federal Infrastructure Expectations
During Canada’s 2015 federal election, you couldn’t open a newspaper or turn on the TV without hearing the party leaders talk about Canada’s infrastructure....
Insights into Canada’s Top100 Projects
ReNew Canada has produced the Top100 Projects report for the past 10 years, and this annual listing of the country’s 100 biggest projects (ranked...
Come What May
Following the U.S National Weather Service prediction that there is a 95-per-cent chance El Nino will affect the northern hemisphere this year, Canadians need...