A final reflection in A Quiet Reckoning. This interlude and conclusion step back from policy to trace how decades of quiet decisions are lived across generations — and what it will take to choose building over drift in the years ahead.
Chapter 11 — What We Choose to Build #SundayRead
Canada has built ambitious systems before — railways, healthcare, ports, and networks that stretched across distance and time. But what has always mattered most is not just what we build, but who we build for. In this chapter of A Quiet Reckoning, the question is no longer abstract: will Canada choose durable, place-based capacity over short-term wins — or continue mistaking activity for nation-building?