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With the federal government’s commitment to invest significantly in the building and renewal of Canada’s infrastructure, it’s important to discuss how to invest strategically and effectively — how to address both economic and societal needs.

Yet, leading up to Canada’s 150th birthday, a proposal for the boldest and perhaps transformative infrastructure project since Sir John A. Macdonald’s national policy built the transcontinental railroad went largely unnoticed. It wasn’t necessarily a new idea, but it would do exactly what intelligent infrastructure investment is meant to do — connect our communities, enable commerce and protect our environment.

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A June 2017 report prepared by the Senate’s banking committee, National Corridor: Enhancing and Facilitating Commerce and Internal Trade, proposes the building of a national infrastructure right-of-way across Canada’s north and near-north. This is a chance to establish a national network of infrastructure corridors. The idea behind this type of corridor is to build a passage that could be used to accommodate multiple infrastructure assets, including roadways, railways, pipeline and communication projects. A nationwide network of these corridors would connect all regions of Canada, help address social and environmental concerns, and facilitate the planning, development and implementation of both public and private infrastructure projects in a less costly and more timely manner.