Investments in Education and Training Infrastructure Critical To Canada’s Long-Term Recovery
We need to bolster our education and training infrastructure, including things like new buildings, retrofits, digital learning infrastructure and research infrastructure to help our economy become robust and resilient.
By Matt Henderson
As Canada begins to build back better, investments that achieve multiple benefits stand to expedite recovery and amplify impact. Just as the United States once did with its New Deal to respond to the Great Depression, a key ingredient to Canada’s long-term recovery will undoubtedly be infrastructure investment and development.
In a recent speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna pointed out that every tax dollar invested in new infrastructure needs to perform a triple duty beyond the infrastructure itself – growing the economy, combatting climate change and promoting social equality.