The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Big Cities Mayors’ Caucus (BCMC) are planning a National Infrastructure Summit for next January. The idea was put forward by Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco [...]

"It's a good budget, but it's not visionary." That’s Cardus’ director of research Ray Pennings’ take on the 2010 Canadian Federal Budget, tabled in Ottawa this week. Pennings says although today's [...]

The federal budget, like British Columbia’s budget, tabled this week, includes initiatives aimed at helping create the next generation of skilled workers and encouraging investment in Canadian businesses. Investments [...]

Leading up to today’s budget announcement, Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean delivered the throne speech yesterday, talking mostly about Canada’s competitiveness in the global marketplace [...]

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is undertaking an extensive work plan in the coming months with regard to energy issues. In October 2009, the Canadian Chamber released Powering Up Canadian Prosperity: [...]

On February 18, 2010 Robert Burak, President of the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute and Pierre Boucher, President and CEO, Cement Association of Canada signed a joint declaration of [...]

The Canadian Public Works Association (CPWA) must have read our news posting this week which reported on Minister Brad Duguid's warning to municipalities that the March 2011 deadline for stimulus funding [...]

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Partners for Climate Protection program (the the Canadian component of ICLEI’s Cities for Climate Protection Campaign) have released the results [...]

The federal government will invest $92 million over four years to the Retire Your Ride program, which encourages Canadians to scrap their cars. The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) is making [...]

About 200,000 construction workers are expected to retire over the next eight years. The Construction Sector Council (CSC) has developed a national mentoring program, which it piloted in Saskatchewan [...]