Canada's sovereign investment fund is the latest answer to a question the country keeps getting wrong. While federal officials announced a port expansion in Montreal, a bridge sustaining the Port of Vancouver collapsed because no one had maintained it.

Matt Gurney tracks the gap: hundreds of billions owed on infrastructure Canada already owns, before a single new project is funded.

Private capital is flooding into AI data centres worldwide. Canada keeps creating new institutions to attract it. Gurney tests whether the real barrier is confidence that projects will actually get built, not the availability of cash.

Topics: sovereign investment fund, Canadian infrastructure, state of good repair, private investment, infrastructure deficit

GUEST: Matt Gurney | http://readtheline.ca

Originally aired on 2026-04-28

Canada's sovereign investment fund is the latest answer to a question the country keeps getting wrong. While federal officials announced a port expansion in Montreal, a bridge sustaining the Port of Vancouver collapsed because no one had maintained it.
Matt Gurney tracks the gap: hundreds of billions owed on infrastructure Canada already owns, before a single new project is funded.
Private capital is flooding into AI data centres worldwide. Canada keeps creating new institutions to attract it. Gurney tests whether the real barrier is confidence that projects will actually get built, not the availability of cash.
Topics: sovereign investment fund, Canadian infrastructure, state of good repair, private investment, infrastructure deficit
GUEST: Matt Gurney |<a href="http://readtheline.ca"> http://readtheline.ca</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-28

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From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane&rsquo;s signature style&mdash;thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.
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