Friday, April 18, 2025
The Quebec Moment
There was a time when elections meant the knives were drawn as commitments of incumbent government were not so much dissected, but hacked up and…
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The Changing Landscape
The fluctuation in the world economy and the impact of multiple recessions over the past twenty years have had a direct impact on the industry.…
#GimmeRelief
It was January 30, 2018 when all eyes were on Canada’s busiest transit hub—Bloor-Yonge subway station in Toronto. That’s the day when a vortex of…
Building a ‘future ready’ Toronto
What does it take to build a city that is ‘future ready’? What does that infrastructure look like? How do we plan our transit system?…
The future of clean transportation
How do you solve the transportation emissions issue plaguing the Greater Toronto Area? That was the question at the top of the minds of the…
Redefining smart for future cities
What does smart really mean in the context of building the ‘smart’ cities of the future in Canada? If you ask Paul Dowsett, co-founder of…
Islands of Good in the GTA
As a rapidly growing Toronto struggles to keep pace on the development of affordable housing, day care and other vital services, there’s a potential solution…
Ontario secures its infrastructure future
The federal government has pledged more than $11.8 billion over 10 years for infrastructure in Ontario. At an official ceremony hosted at the Edward J.…
Scheer disappointed with Budget 2018
Two days after the release of Budget 2018, it was clear that Conservative Party of Canada leader Andrew Scheer was less than impressed with what…
A new age for energy
The Canadian energy landscape is undergoing a period of great change, as the move from coal to renewables and the rapid pace of innovation is…
Budget 2018 recap
With $186 billion already committed to infrastructure development in Canada, and no new funds for the Canada Infrastructure Bank, the 2018 federal budget was lacking…
Bringing Quayside to reality
Dan Doctoroff is not a fan of the term ‘smart cities’. The Sidewalk Labs CEO and former deputy mayor of New York City, whose company…
Building a regional transit solution
In November of 2017, the Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBoT) released its Superlinx document, providing new ideas for a regional transportation model in the…
ReNew Canada’s 2018 outlook
If anything can be said for the year that was in infrastructure, it’s that we enter 2018 with more questions than answers for so many…
Taking politics out of transit planning
On December 17, 2017, the $3.18-billion Spadina Subway Extension officially opened to the public. The six-stop subway extends the Line 1 University Line, providing new…
Building Ontario’s infrastructure
The infrastructure silo has come down in Ontario. The release of the new Long-Term Infrastructure Plan (LTIP) for Ontario has signalled that the needs to…
The new pipeline
Infrastructure Ontario has released its 2017 project pipeline update, with 32 projects representing an estimated value of $15.8 billion. “Our pipeline this year represents the…
Cities are the solution
If we are to meet our global emissions targets, cities must play a vital role in reducing emissions and creating energy efficiency. “If the solution…
Planning for the future
The Blue Mountain Resort near Collingwood played host to the annual Ontario Professional Planners Institute conference in early October. With hundreds of professional planners from…
What is the state of water on Canada’s reserves?
By Catherine Chea Canada may be considered one of the best places to live, yet many of its citizens are living in Third World conditions.over…
Out is the old, in is the new
Municipalities have shifted their thinking on the development of community infrastructure, bringing projects back from the outlying areas and back into redeveloped lands in the…
Renewed hope for EA reform
By Andy Manahan and Paul Knowles When a strong political figure like Glen Murray leaves a cabinet portfolio such as the Ministry of the Environment…
Kingston’s Richard still surprised by brownfield award
“I was surprised” was the initial reaction from Nathan Richard when he reflected on being named the 2016 Brownfielder of the Year. Richard, the project…
Building for success
By John Haasen and Colin Smith. Having the right person manage a construction project is vital to its success. But the support system we build…