Rail Strike: How did we get here & how do we avoid a repeat?

Rail Strike: How did we get here & how do we avoid a repeat? A compendium of Canada West Founda3on work on the problems and solu3ons For over a decade, the Canada West Founda2on, other think tanks and private sector organiza2ons have been sounding the alarm – and developing solu2ons for – Canada’s trade infrastructure system, the source of over two-thirds of the country’s GDP. [...] The list below highlights the efforts of the Canada West Founda2on and other organiza2ons over the last 10 years to bring aRen2on and resolu2on to Canada’s trade infrastructure challenges: REPORTS AND POLICY BRIEFS REPORT | From Shovel Ready to Shovel Worthy: The Path to a Na3onal Trade Infrastructure Plan for the Next Genera3on of Economic Growth. [...] It is the first framing of the solu2on to the problem, the adapta2on of a Canadian system of planning supported by the private sector and the Council of the Federa2on (Premiers). [...] The research was carried out with the par2cipa2on of the Business Council of Canada, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and support from the Canadian Construc2on Associa2on and Western Roadbuilders. [...] - The communique from Premiers from the 2023 Mee2ng of the Council of the Federa2on endorsing the call for na2onal planning put forward by the Canada West Foundaiton, Business Council of Canada, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Construc2on Associa2on, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, Civil Infrastructure Council Corpora2on, and the Western Canada Roadbuilders and Heavy Construc2on Assoc.