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In Canada, investment in infrastructure has lagged, but infrastructure banks are one way to provide financing for large-scale infrastructure projects that could take decades to pay off. 鈥淐anada needs new infrastructure 鈥� housing, energy, ports 鈥� it鈥檚 all critical to our future,鈥� says Prof. Sebastien Betermier. 鈥淏ut there鈥檚 a catch-22: developers can鈥檛 move forward without financing, and investors are wary of early-stage risk. As a result, major projects like clean energy, digital networks, and port facilities often stall before they even begin. Infrastructure banks won鈥檛 solve every infrastructure challenge, but with the right design and clear priorities, they can go a long way in drawing private capital into the kinds of projects Canada urgently needs 鈥� projects that won鈥檛 get off the ground otherwise.鈥�