REBOOT: Building Canada: A new generation takes charge.

About this episode

John Stackhouse discusses with Daniel Debow and Lucy Hargreaves about building Canada and moving from ideas to execution.

As Disruptors: The Canada Project earns a Webby Award nomination, we’re re-releasing the season finale, “Building Canada: A new generation takes charge.” How does Canada actually build faster, smarter and at greater scale? In this episode, John Stackhouse speaks with Daniel Debow and Lucy Hargreaves of Build Canada about what it will take for Canada to move from big ideas to real execution. After a season exploring defence tech in Newfoundland, sovereign launch capacity in Atlantic Canada, critical minerals and refining in Quebec, AI-ready power in Alberta, and trusted data infrastructure in Ontario, this finale brings those threads together in one conversation about nation-building, productivity, infrastructure, innovation, and Canadian competitiveness. If you’ve been following the series, please support Disruptors in the Webby People’s Voice Awards. Vote.webbyawards.com

People in this episode

Host: John Stackhouse

Guests: Daniel Debow, Lucy Hargreaves

Topics covered

• nation-building
• productivity
• infrastructure
• innovation
• Canadian competitiveness

Keywords

• Canada
• infrastructure
• innovation
• productivity
• nation-building
• Build Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Build Canada

Places: Canada, Newfoundland, Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Alberta, Ontario

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