# Build Canada

> Build Canada is a civic organization on a mission to make Canada the most prosperous country in the world.

Build Canada publishes policy memos, posts, and profiles of great Canadian builders at https://www.buildcanada.com. Every memo, post, and builder profile is available as clean markdown: append `.md` to its URL, or request the HTML URL with an `Accept: text/markdown` header. The homepage (https://www.buildcanada.com) and https://www.buildcanada.com/about describe the organization and team.

## Memos

- [Stay and Build: National Strategies for STEM Talent Retention](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/stay-and-build-in-canada.md)
- [A Truly United Canadian Economy: What will it Take?](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/a-truly-united-canadian-economy.md)
- [Play to Win, Canada](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/play-to-win.md)
- [What Income Tax Reform Could Look Like](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/income-tax-reform.md)
- [Rebalance Old Age Security & Restore Generational Fairness](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/rebalance-old-age-security.md)
- [The AI Literacy Dividend](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/the-ai-literacy-dividend.md)
- [Capital Where It Counts: Four structural reforms to rebuild Canada's entrepreneurial economy long term](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/capital-where-it-counts.md)
- [Reward Risk and Reinvestment: two tax reforms to make Canada more productive](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/reward-risk.md)
- [Say It](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/say-it.md)
- [A Public Service That Works for Better Government Services](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/better-government-services.md)
- [Build Canada's Wealth Fund](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/wealth-fund.md)
- [Build Canada's Defence Industry](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/build-defence.md)
- [Win the Global Talent War](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/win-talent-war.md)
- [Let’s Build the G7’s Fastest Growing Economy](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/g7s-best-economy.md)
- [Canada Can Be a Superpower](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/canada-superpower.md)
- [A Blueprint for Canada’s Digital Sovereignty](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/digital-sovereignty.md)
- [Go!](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/go.md)
- [Canada Can Attract the World's Best Entrepreneurs](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/canada-can-attract-the-worlds-best-entrepreneurs.md)
- [Build Canada's Business Future](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/corporate-tax.md)
- [Scaling Canadian Global Champions](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/champions.md)
- [Five AI Moonshots for Canada](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/moonshots.md)
- [An AI Strategy to Build Canadian Prosperity](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/ai-strategy.md)
- [Build Canada's Literacy Foundation](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/build-canadas-literacy-foundation.md)
- [Seize Canada's Semiconductor Opportunity](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/semiconductor.md)
- [Unlock Canada's Mining Potential](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/mining.md)
- [Rebuild Canadian Steel ](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/rebuild-canadian-steel.md)
- [Turn America’s H-1B Shift into Canada’s Advantage](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/h-1b.md)
- [Reform Canada's Defence Spending Obligations](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/reform-itb.md)
- [Streamline IRAP to Drive Canadian Innovation](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/streamline-irap.md)
- [Fix Canada’s Primary R&D Program](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/fix-sred.md)
- [​​Secure Canada’s Digital Identity to Combat Fraud](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/identity.md)
- [Create More Regional Hubs to Build Canada](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/create-more-regional-hubs-to-build-canada.md)
- [Use Industrial Policy to Claim Canada's Place in Space](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/claim-space.md)
- [Deploy Private Sector Experts to Support Government](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/deploy-private-sector-experts.md)
- [Reward the Risk Takers who Build Canada](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/reward-the-risk-takers.md)
- [Transform Canada's Military with Smart Procurement](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/military-procurement.md)
- [Make AI a Basic Right for Canadians](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/ai-basic-right.md)
- [A Discovery Visa to Attract the World’s Best Innovators](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/attract-innovation.md)
- [Recognize Commitment to Canada in Immigration](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/recognize-commitment-immigration.md)
- [Unite Canada Through A Year of National Service](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/civic-service-year.md)
- [Reimagine Canada's Creative Future](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/creative-future.md)
- [Canada Needs an Abundance of Electrical Energy](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/electrical-energy.md)
- [Prioritize Proven Innovation](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/prioritize-proven-innovation.md)
- [Create A More Productive Government](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/productive-government-analysis.md)
- [Turn Canada’s Resources into Lasting Wealth](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/sovereign-wealth-fund.md)
- [A Modern Military That Can Defend Canada](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/modern-military.md)
- [Solve the Student Housing Crisis](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/student-housing.md)
- [Free Zoning to Build More Homes](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/housing-zoning.md)
- [Let People Invest in Building Canadian Homes](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/invest-in-building-homes.md)
- [Build Rental Housing Again](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/rental-housing.md)
- [Stop Taxing Homes Out of Existence](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/housing-taxes.md)
- [Give Canadians Control of Their Data, Starting with Banking](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/banking-data.md)
- [Brighter Futures: Giving Every Child a Head-Start Fund](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/children-head-start-fund.md)
- [Canada Cannot Afford to Miss Out on Stablecoins](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/stablecoins.md)
- [Let’s Build Canada by Recognising Talent in Skilled Trades](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/skilled-trades.md)
- [Affordable Mobile Everywhere in Canada – For Good](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/affordable-telecom.md)
- [Let’s Produce Much More of Our Own Food](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/food-independence.md)
- [Let’s Show the World How Canada Builds](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/how-canada-builds.md)
- [Building to Secure Canadian Energy Independence](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/energy-independence.md)
- [A Public Service That Works for Better Government Services](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/public-service-reform.md)
- [Make Canadian Government Services AI-First](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/ai-first-government-services.md)
- [Good in One Province, Good in All](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/interprovincial-trade.md)
- [Unlock Health Records, Save Canadian Lives](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/unlock-health-records-save-canadian-lives.md)
- [A Great Nation Celebrates Its Achievements and Its Builders—So Should Canada](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/canadian-pride.md)
- [Great People, Greater Canada: A Talent First Immigration Strategy for Canada](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/talent-first-immigration.md)
- [Build Here, Not There: Winning the Transportation Race](https://www.buildcanada.com/memos/transportation-permitting.md)

## Posts

- [Spring Economic Update Statement](https://www.buildcanada.com/posts/spring-economic-update-statement.md): "This Spring Economic Update points in the right direction, but Canada cannot incrementalize its way out of a productivity crisis. There is real progress here – on procurement, SR&ED, and the discipline of cutting consulting spend. This is the warm-up. Budget 2026 will be the true test of whether this government, with a new majority, can boldly execute the vision needed to build a 21st century innovation economy." 

— Lucy Hargreaves, Co-Founder and CEO, Build Canada

- [A Report on Carney’s First Year in Government](https://www.buildcanada.com/posts/a-report-on-carney-s-first-year-in-government.md): Progress is real, but it's mostly groundwork: 77.7% of commitments are In Progress or Completed. But most of that movement looks like consultations launched, early funds deployed, and line items in departmental plans, not outcomes Canadians can see or feel.

Execution has not caught up to rhetoric: Legislation bottlenecks stalled a significant chunk of the agenda. Healthcare and Justice have seen just six completions each, and 5.9 million Canadians still don't have a family doctor. Bill C-15 passing clears some of the logjam, but a full year in, the government still is not implementing at the speed voters urgently called for.

The low hanging fruit has been picked. The big-ticket items have yet to break through: The 181 completed items were largely things that needed only a ministerial signature or a tax change. The commitments that would reshape daily life, from housing and healthcare to export credit, are still in progress or not started. Year two needs to look different.
- [Budget 2025](https://www.buildcanada.com/posts/budget-2025.md): This budget is a step in the right direction towards growth, but needs boldness and urgency to truly deliver.
- [Budget Scorecards](https://www.buildcanada.com/posts/budget-scorecards.md): How does the budget score on Build Canada memo ideas?
- [Canadians are Ready to Build](https://www.buildcanada.com/posts/ready-to-build.md): A new survey shows Canadians are ready to build. 70% want to prioritize long-term economic growth over short-term spending

## Builders

- [Oliver Bowen: Trains on the Plains](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/oliver-bowen.md): His ​​legacy, design and leadership are still benefiting Calgarians today
- [Chip Wilson: The brand that defined a global movement](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/chip-wilson.md): I think you just have to believe in your brand, believe in your product and go for it
- [Karl Clark: The man who invented the oil sands](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/karl-clark.md): It is now practical to regard the bitumen content of the bituminous sands as a crude oil and therefore a potential motor fuel.
- [The Keevil Dynasty: Building Canada's Mining Powerhouse](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/the-keevil-dynasty.md): Opportunity can go by in a day –Norman Keevil Sr.
- [Jim Pattison: An empire built on honesty and hard work](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/jim-pattison.md): I haven’t found anything I like doing better than going to work every morning.
- [R.C. Harris: The man who understood that infrastructure could be glamorous](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/r-c-harris.md): A drain well dug is as glorious as an opera
- [Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet: Building an empire one small brick at a time](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/roy-thomson.md): If you want to live and you want to prosper, you’ve got to be ambitious.
- [Sir Sandford Fleming: The Man Who Gave the World Time](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/sir-sandford-fleming.md): Helping shape the world's understanding of 'time' was one of my greatest achievements, and as a result of using my own time well, other people could use their time well too
- [Heather Reisman: Building a Country Through Books](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/heather-reisman.md): I took myself to my own happy place, which was a bookstore.
- [George Cohon: The Canadianization of the Golden Arches](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/george-cohon.md): I was the beneficiary of what many Canadians believe to be the chief American attitude to Canada: amiable indifference.
- [Diana Matheson: Building the Future of Canadian Soccer](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/diana-matheson.md): If there's something you want to do and you feel like you're the right person for the job, go do it
- [Cluny Macpherson: Served his country and his patients with Maritime spirit](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/cluny-macpherson.md): I didn't think much of that German contraption and I thought I could do something better
- [C. D. Howe: The Minister Who Built Modern Canada ](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/c-d-howe.md): "But for him the war would have been lost"
- [Frederick Banting: Insulin for the World](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/frederick-banting.md): Insulin belongs to the world, not to me
- [Donna Strickland: Frickin’ Lasers](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/donna-strickland.md): It is truly an amazing feeling when you know that you have built something that no one else ever has – and it actually works.
- [E.P. Taylor: Builder of companies](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/e-p-taylor.md): I like to create things
- [Willard Boyle: The Canadian who killed chemical-based photography](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/willard-boyle.md): My career at Bell Telephone Labs thrived because of the environment, which encouraged cooperative research, offered opportunities for access to sophisticated equipment, and fellowship
- [John Molson: Beyond brewing: Canada's first industrial entrepreneur](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/john-molson.md): We are all members of a larger community, which depends on everyone playing their part
- [Timothy Eaton:  “The King of Canadian Retail”](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/timothy-eaton.md): Promise them not only bargains, but that every article will be found just what it is guaranteed to be. Use no deception in the smallest degree - nothing you cannot defend before God or Man.
- [Robert Bourassa: The Complicated Legacy of the “Project of the Century”](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/robert-bourassa.md): Never let it be said that we shall live like paupers on a land this rich.
- [James Cameron: Worlds Above, and Worlds Below](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/james-cameron.md): I’m Canadian, and I’m proud of it. I think there’s a certain sensibility that comes from growing up in Canada, a certain humility and appreciation for nature.
- [Mary Pickford: The woman from "the Ward" who invented the movie star](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/mary-pickford.md): You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
- [IMAX Founders: The small-town visionaries who made cinema bigger than life itself](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/imax-founders.md): We said, ‘Let’s invent this new medium.’
- [Billes family: The Ones Who Kept It Canadian](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/billes-family.md): Dreams are not just for poets and philosophers. Dreams can be realized with strong will, hard work and an enduring set of values. - Martha Billes
- [Lewis Urry: An Energizer bunny in his own right](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/lewis-urry.md): We all need to be reminded that with hard work and persistence, anything is possible.
- [James Gosling: The prairie programmer whose quiet revolution made software universal](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/james-gosling.md): In my heart of hearts, I'm an engineer, and what makes me happy is building something that works and having someone use it. That's cool.
- [Alexander Graham Bell: A life wired for meaning](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/alexander-graham-bell.md): The inventor…looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by the idea.
- [Elsie MacGill: She built 1,400 warplanes and changed Canada forever](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/elsie-macgill.md): The challenge of winning the war was thrown directly to the Canadian engineer. We are working not just for the satisfaction of winning the fight for our side, but for the glory of hastening peace to the world.
- [Alain Bouchard: A definition of the true north grit and perseverance](https://www.buildcanada.com/builders/alain-bouchard.md): Being an entrepreneur means inventing yourself

## Other (HTML only)

- [Government commitment tracker](https://www.buildcanada.com/tracker): Tracks federal government commitments and their status
- [Bills explorer](https://www.buildcanada.com/bills): Plain-language summaries of Canadian legislation
- [Projects](https://www.buildcanada.com/projects): Tools and projects built by the Build Canada community