Assessing Canada's Housing-Enabling Infrastructure
About this episode
Ren Thomas discusses the state of housing-enabling infrastructure in Canada and insights from the National Infrastructure Assessment.
Growing Canada's housing supply requires adequate underlying infrastructure. Water and wastewater capacity, waste management, and public transit and active transportation are top-of-mind housing-enabling infrastructure for communities across Canada. Ren Thomas is a member of the Canadian Infrastructure Council (CIC) and joins the podcast to discuss the CIC's first National Infrastructure Assessment. She provides key insights on the state of infrastructure in Canada, regional differences, the role of social infrastructure, and climate resilience.
Topics covered
- housing supply
- infrastructure
- public transit
- climate resilience
- waste management
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