About this episode
The episode discusses Canada's productivity challenges and political disillusionment with insights from Lucy Hargreaves, CEO of Build Canada.
In this episode of On The Line , host Jen Gerson speaks with Lucy Hargreaves, CEO of Build Canada, a non-partisan group focused on tackling the country’s productivity challenges. They dig into a deceptively simple question: why Canada no build good? From stalled projects to brain drain, they explore what’s holding the country back and whether the so-called lost Trudeau decade has left deeper structural problems than many are willing to admit. Hargreaves, a former Liberal staffer, also reflects on her own disillusionment with the previous government and what changed her perspective. This episode of On The Line is brought to you by Dominion Dynamics. Canada has never had true sovereign awareness of our North. Vast parts of our country are a blind spot. And when you can’t see your own territory, you can’t defend it, secure it, or respond when threats emerge. Dominion Dynamics is changing that. Dominion Dynamics is building a sovereign command and control capability that lets Canada and its allies see, respond, and defend across every domain. Dominion is starting in the Arctic, where extreme cold demands technology no one else can deliver. See everything. Defend what matters…
People in this episode
Host: Jen Gerson
Guest: Lucy Hargreaves
Topics covered
- Canada's productivity challenges
- political disillusionment
- economic anxieties
- infrastructure issues
- government accountability
Keywords
- Canada
- productivity
- politics
- infrastructure
- Donald Trump
- Mark Carney
- Trudeau
- disillusionment
- economic anxieties
Sponsors
Dominion Dynamics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Build Canada
Places: Canada, Arctic, Trudeau
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