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.

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From there, the conversation turns outward. Is Donald Trump really driving Canada’s economic anxieties, or has he become a convenient scapegoat for problems that are largely homegrown? And what does Hargreaves make of the new Mark Carney government — does it represent a real shift, or more of the same?

It’s a grounded conversation about productivity, politics, and whether Canada is capable of getting its economic house back in order.

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