The July 1 storm affected 17 federal properties in Ottawa and two in Gatineau, with roughly 100 staff affected at a CBSA laboratory and workers temporarily relocated at other west-end sites. Read full story

The government’s objective of financing new infrastructure is a worthy one. But selling one set of strategic public assets to finance another needs to take account of all of the economic, financial, social and community impacts. Read full story

Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon recently said the proposed $90-billion Alto high-speed rail will 'redefine travel among and in between' Canada's largest cities, but the feds need to be more transparent about the plan. Read full story

Canada must deliver a robust national highway strategy to secure our economic future with predictable and flexible long-term investments, clear national priorities for trade-enabling corridors, and strengthened connections to ports, rail, terminals, airports, and major industrial regions.  Read full story

A country that needs multiple years to issue permits to retrofit an outbuilding is probably not one that is going to pull off a project that would cost tens of billions of dollars, take decades, and cross numerous jurisdictions, requiring significant land expropriation and considerable consultation with Indigenous Peoples. Read full story

Two federal discussion papers that recently closed for submissions could lead to the extinction of at-risk species and billions of dollars in remediation costs, warn non-profits. Read full story

It is a false economy to allow new homes to be built cheaply only to subject residents to costly energy bills, no protection from heat and smoke, and the prospect of no insurance. Read full story

Before more public money flows into LNG export terminals, LNG-fuelled vessels, or the bunkering infrastructure linking them, the committee, the federal institutions extending credit and guarantees, and the council itself should account for who, in the actual buying countries, will still be there to take the gas a decade from now. Read full story

It seems the president can do whatever he wants whenever he wants, with little political backlash back home. Keep a bridge closed—no problem. Make a red card disappear—no problem. Bomb a country—no problem. Read full story

If housing is at least twice as expensive as it should be, there are only two short-term solutions: low incomes need to double, or home costs need to be cut in half. Read full story