Saturday, June 14, 2025
Did infrastructure promises sway B.C. election?
For the second time in as many months, a former minority government has turned to a majority thanks to a snap election in the midst…
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Infrastructure a key focus of Saskatchewan election
As the October 26th election draws near, issues regarding infrastructure and construction continue to make headlines in Saskatchewan. It has primarily been two different approaches…
B.C. battles over infrastructure
B.C. Premier John Horgan is sending British Columbians to the polls in the country’s second COVID-19 election, trying to secure the majority that he fell…
Constructing the trade corridor
By Carroll McCormick Opening up Northern Quebec and removing a TransCanada Highway bottleneck are the goals of two ongoing improvement projects. About 440 kilometres east…
The North is waiting
By Barbara Fox Finally. It’s time to look at recovery. And as the whole of the Canadian economy looks to rebuild from the massive hit…
Infrastructure takes back seat in New Brunswick election
Blaine Higgs has captured his first majority as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) in New Brunswick less than two years after being elected…
Balance of power to influence New Brunswick infrastructure
New Brunswickers go to the polls to elect a new provincial government on September 14th just under two years after the last election delivered a…
Building stronger communities in Canada
By Bill Karsten Strong infrastructure is the lifeblood of our communities. It’s the roads and bridges that move people and goods. It’s the arenas and…
The future of energy in remote communities
By Dylan Heerema There are approximately 170 remote Indigenous communities in Canada, found in nearly every province and territory (except Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick,…
Addressing the challenges of aging infrastructure
By Andrew Macklin Governments across Canada continue to commit record levels of investment towards building new infrastructure to help support community growth, meet modern demand,…
Contemplating northern priorities with NWT Minister of Infrastructure
By Andrew Macklin No region of Canada is without its infrastructure issues. But with a small tax base and a climate playing havoc on its…
Tracking cancelled, rescheduled and modified industry events
The team at ReNew Canada is tracking industry events across Canada and around the world that are being cancelled, postponed, or moved online as a…
The challenging future for municipal infrastructure
by Andrew Macklin “We are out of money. Infrastructure is my next cut.” It’s the scary reality facing Canada’s municipalities, starved for revenue in the…
Canada stands to benefit from modern tunnels
By Martin Landry Tunnels have always inspired wonder as feats of engineering that demand the highest standards of technical excellence. In recent years, thanks to…
Building around transit in urban cores
By Andrew Macklin In September 2019, the Infrastructure Ontario President and CEO noted the need to focus on best practices for transit-oriented development (TOD) when…
Time for a family meeting
By Todd Latham With the financial crisis of a generation upon us, municipalities are between a rock and a hard place. Raising taxes now is…
Springing into action
By Andrew Macklin In March, everything changed. The construction industry, like the rest of Canada, suddenly woke up to a world being ravaged by a…
Shaping infrastructure stimulus
As the federal government develops a plan for a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure stimulus program, industry stakeholders from across the country are weighing in on what they…
An opportunity to reimagine infrastructure delivery
By Derron Bain As the world faces unprecedented economic shock, investment in public infrastructure will play a critical component in a stimulus and recovery program.…
The best laid plans…
By Phil Gillies, Executive Director, Ontario Construction Consortium On March 5, many construction industry members attended the Ontario Construction Secretariat’s excellent Outlook Conference at the…
Alberta’s Balancing Act
By Elan MacDonald and Jordan Pinkster As Alberta’s United Conservative Party government celebrates its first anniversary, it finds itself on a very different trajectory than…
Building Ontario’s Economic Recovery
The economy looks grim. As we slowly creep towards the beginning of the road forward, and people emerge from social isolation due to the COVID-19…
The Future is Now: Infrastructure’s Role in Economic Recovery
By Michael S. Burke, Chairman and CEO, AECOM As the coronavirus outbreak deepens and inflicts a tragic toll, economies around the world are being flattened…
A new definition for ‘shovel-ready’?
On April 15th, The Globe and Mail published an article based on an interview the paper had conducted with federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities…