Building Canada: A new generation takes charge

About this episode

This episode discusses how a new builder mindset is emerging in Canada to address infrastructure needs amidst global challenges.

Canada’s future won’t be decided in PDF strategies — it will be decided by what we actually build: trade corridors, clean power, AI datacentres, agtech and northern connectivity that can stand up in a more volatile world. In this episode of Disruptors: The Canada Project, John Stackhouse speaks with Daniel Debow, Chair of the Board at Build Canada, and Lucy Hargreaves, the organization’s CEO, about how a new builder mindset is taking shape across the country — and why sovereignty and competitiveness now depend on turning ideas into infrastructure at speed and scale. As global trade routes shift and geopolitical tensions rise, they explore how Canada can capitalize on its advantages — from Arctic gateways and critical minerals to Prairie food corridors and on-farm agtech — while giving the next generation real ways to step into nation-building, in business and in public service. www.buildcanada.com

People in this episode

Host: John Stackhouse

Guests: Daniel Debow, Lucy Hargreaves

Topics covered

• infrastructure
• nation-building
• geopolitical tensions
• clean power
• agtech
• trade corridors

Keywords

• Canada
• infrastructure
• trade corridors
• clean power
• AI datacentres
• agtech
• nation-building

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Build Canada

Places: Canada

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