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The Boomers Are Coming, Is Canada's Policy Ready?

Casey Vander Ploeg | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Government, Infrastructure, Economic Growth, Policy, Investment, Economy, Productivity, Canada Politics News
Casey Vander Ploeg

One of Canada's biggest public policy challenges is a coming wave of retiring baby boomers. This will increase the draw on Old Age Security, the Guaranteed Income Supplement, the Canada Pension Plan, and other social programs such as health care while the number of workers left to fund it all will shrink. To enhance economic performance and boost productivity, governments have reached into their policy playbooks.

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The Next Thing to Worry About Post-Sandy? Infectious Disease

Jason Tetro | Posted 01.05.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Infrastructure, Long Island, Sasha Davidoff, Hurricane Sandy, Contamination, Haiti, Common Cold, Cholera, Contaminated Water, Hurricane Katrina, Flu, Norovirus, New York City, Video, Canada Living News
Jason Tetro

2012-05-28-GermGuyBanner.jpg Natural disasters, like Hurricane Sandy, are common worldwide and leave the affected public vulnerable to the harsh realities of nature, including the onslaught of infectious diseases. The reality of any disaster of this magnitude is that public health measures are all but forgotten as people do everything they can to survive. The viruses will surely arrive before the area has recovered.

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What Carney Meant to Say to Corporations: You're Fat And Lazy. Time to Exercise

Daniel D. Veniez | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Infrastructure, Mark Carney, Mark Carney Business, Vietnam, Mark Carney Caw, Dead Money, Trading, Mark Carney Corporations, Canadian Economy, Canada Business News
Daniel D. Veniez

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney took a lot of flack last week for articulating a fact: companies have a lot of "dead money" on their balance sheets. But Carney was getting at a larger issue: Canadian companies take caution to an extreme and do not think and act more globally. Carney may have been too polite to say it, but many senior executives and boards in Canada are slow, bureaucratic, self-satisfied, defensive and extremely conservative. What Canada needs more of are corporate leaders who have the drive, the fire in their belly, and the thirst and sophistication to conquer the world.

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Five Tips on How to Keep Employees Happy

Srinivas Kandula | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Business Tips, Infrastructure, Employees, Business Practices, Tips, Positive Work Environment, Jobs, Satisfaction, Office Culture, Compensation, Turnover, Work Environment, Recession, Retention, Canada Business News
Srinivas Kandula

Good news: job creation in Canada is increasing. Bad news: employees who were holding on during the recession might now start looking for better offers. So how do you keep employees engaged, motivated and productive? Here are five tips on how!

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Vancouver Bureaucracy More Convoluted Than the Subway Map

Jordan Bateman | Posted 07.11.2012 | Canada
Read More: Infrastructure, Governance, Vancouver, British Columbia, Planning, Jordan Bateman, Democracy, Cities, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canada News
Jordan Bateman

What was once a simple sewer, water and garbage disposal utility has become a bureaucratic, democratically-unaccountable spending machine. It's time to move the Metro Vancouver Regional District back to basics.

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God Save Our Queen!

John Brian Shannon | Posted 03.16.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Jobs, World Peace, Canada, Canada Infrastructure, Canada Health Care, Canadian Constitution, Canada Economy, Canada Politics, British Monarchy, Attawapiskat Emergency, Poll, Canada Politics News
John Brian Shannon

With respect to those who suggest we henceforth do without the British Monarchy, there wouldn't be a Canada without the British Monarchy. This trumps everything as regards this debate. We have real problems in Canada at the moment -- and the British Monarchy isn't one of them.

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Why Can't We Build Great Projects Anymore?

Christopher Sands | Posted 02.12.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Canada Infrastructure, Infrastructure Building, Infrastructure Design, Public Infrastructure, Windsor Bridge, Infrastructure Planning, Keystone Pipeline, US Canada Infrastructure, Canada Business News
Christopher Sands

Something must be done soon to allow a great country to build great projects again, and keep North America competitive with Asia and Europe. For many of these "shovel ready" projects, the problem is not funding or engineering, but permitting.

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Canadians Split On Road Tolls: Poll

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.13.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Canada Road Tolls, Road Tolls Infrastructure Poll, Canada Infrastructure, Harris Decima Poll Tolls, Road Tolls Canada, Champlain Bridge, Road Toll Poll, Harris Decima Poll Road Tolls, Infrastructure Canada, Canada Politics News

MONTREAL - Canadians are divided on whether tolls should be used to help pay for major infrastructure projects like new highways and bridges, a new su...

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China Invests in African Expansion... And the West Loses Out

Glen Pearson | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada
Read More: Foreign Aid, Africa, World Bank, Japan China, Infrastructure, Africa Economy, China Economy, Chinese Investment Africa, Canada News
Glen Pearson

Should the West continue to ignore the overall needs of Africa's continental economy, then it shouldn't be surprised when it finally decides on long-term investments for natural resources that China has already set up shop and captured most of the contracts.

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Montreal To Get New Champlain Bridge

CBC | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Montreal, Infrastructure, Quebec-Infrastructure, Quebec, Denis Lebel, Cbc, Champlain Bridge Montreal, Quebec Infrastructure Crisis, Champlain Bridge, Transportation Minister Denis Lebel, Canada Politics News

The federal government is set to announce plans to replace Montreal's aging Champlain Bridge. CBC News has learned Federal Tr...

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Elections Are a Privilege, so Be Prepared and Vote!

David Turner | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada
Read More: Samsung Deal, Election Day, Andrea Horwath, Renewable Energy, Conservative, Liberal, Tim Hudak, Voter Turnout, Dalton Mcguinty, Infrastructure, Ndp, Ontario Election, Ontario Election 2011, Green Energy, Health Care, Feed in Tariff, Voting, Canada News
David Turner

I have watched many an election in my life and I am always amazed by the low voter turnout. Do we stay home because we don't know what to do, or is it because we feel our one vote won't make a difference?

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Which Premier Will Cut Our Commute?

Steve Lafleur | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada
Read More: Ontario Election, Infrastructure, Dalton Mcguinty, Manitoba Election, Greg Selinger, Toronto, Traffic Congestion, Manitoba Election 2011, Commute, Ontario Election 2011, Winnipeg, Canada News
Steve Lafleur

As urban Ontarians and Manitobans head to the polls, they will have a lot of promises to weigh when casting their ballot. But the last thought running through the heads of many will be what a hassle it was to get to the polling station.

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Rebuilding Confidence When Our Infrastructure Is Crumbling

Deborah Coyne | Posted 10.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure Funding, Canada Infrastructure, Viger-Est Tunnel, Montreal Bridge, Government Spending, Reform Senate, Conservative Government, Champlain Bridge, Canada News
Deborah Coyne

Recently, two major transportation arteries in Montreal have been disrupted because of partial structural collapses. These events are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of crumbling bridges, tunnels, roads, and sewers, and inadequate municipal transit and water purification systems across Canada.

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Bike Lane Infrastructure Pays Dividends

David Suzuki | Posted 10.10.2011 | Canada
Read More: Traffic, Infrastructure, Bicycles, Cars, Public Transit, Pedestrians, Cycling, Gridlock, Bike Lanes, Traffic Calming, Biking Driving, Bike Lanes Toronto, Canada News
David Suzuki

In some European cities, planners are finding that making life more difficult for drivers while providing incentives for people to take transit, walk, or cycle creates numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and smog-related health problems to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and making cities safer and friendlier.

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Champlain Bridge Announcement Now: NDP

CP | Posted 10.08.2011 | Canada
Read More: Montreal, Infrastructure, Quebec, Ndp, Conservatives, Champlain Bridge, Champlain Bridge Announcement, Transportation, Canada News

MONTREAL - The Opposition NDP wants the Conservative government to end its silence over the future of Canada's busiest bridge. The NDP's deputy cri...

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Champlain Bridge Report Released

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.13.2011 | Canada
Read More: Infrastructure, Montreal, Denis Lebel, Champlain Bridge, Champlain Bridge Report, Canada News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- MONTREAL - Canada's new transport minister was forced to perform an abrupt about-face Wednesday after declaring that he did not ...

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Ottawa Abruptly Releases Champlain Bridge Report

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.12.2011 | Canada
Read More: Montreal, Infrastructure, Denis Lebel, Quebec, Champlain Bridge, Transportation Minister, Canada News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- MONTREAL - Canada's new transport minister was forced to perform an abrupt about-face Wednesday after declaring that he did not ...

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Big Infrastructure Projects Have High Risks but High Rewards

Paul Sylvester | Posted 09.06.2011 | Canada
Read More: Lower Churchill, Canada Infrastructure, Innu Nation, China Infrastructure, Three Gorges Dam, Lower Churchill Dam, Lower Churchill Project, New Dawn Agreement, Canada News
Paul Sylvester

The Lower Churchill Project is an audacious plan undertaken by two Canadian provinces. It should remind us that the ability to tackle big infrastructure projects is still alive in North America, and inspire us to embrace similar projects elsewhere.

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