Build it and they will come | John L. Hill

By John L. Hill ( October 25, 2021, 8:29 AM EDT) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has his “Build Back Better” campaign to upgrade infrastructure. Not to be outdone, the Ontario government is providing up to $2 million in additional funding for its own Build Back Better pilot project. The idea that building shows progress and prosperity is now well-imbedded in our collective psyche. We often hear the phrase, “Build it and they will come,” (a misquote of the 1989 movie Field of Dreams where it was said “he will come”) or even a reference to Genesis 6 where God supposedly told Noah to build it and they (the animals) would come....