Radha Curpen: Can Canada Still Build Big Projects?

About this episode

In this episode, Stewart Muir discusses with Radha Curpen the challenges and requirements for building major infrastructure projects in Canada.

Canada says this is the decade of energy security and trade diversification. But can we actually build the infrastructure to make that happen? In this episode of Power Struggle, Stewart Muir sits down with Radha Curpen, National Leader of McMillan LLP’s ESG and Sustainability Practice, to unpack what it really takes to deliver major projects in Canada today. From pipelines and transmission lines to ports, data centres and critical minerals, Curpen explains why modern infrastructure must pass ...

People in this episode

Host: Stewart Muir

Guest: Radha Curpen

Topics covered

• energy security
• infrastructure
• sustainability
• trade diversification
• major projects

Keywords

• Canada
• infrastructure
• energy security
• sustainability
• trade diversification
• major projects
• Radha Curpen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McMillan LLP

Places: Canada

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