Unlock Canadian Super Power Potential

Happy Sunday. In the 2023 column, I asked Why Canada was not an economic giant. Musing commented over 600.

Mountain North American nation is the subject of this week’s newsletter. The close-round worldview for the economy of Canada is not excellent. 25 percent of the US goods from Canada, according to a Canadian bank, increased by a 4 percent increase in Canada’s 25 percentage tariffs to 4 percent (assuming force and canada retaliation) can reduce the increase of 4 percent.

However, this publication is a decline sight, with an ambitious policy diary, G7 nation can have a great economic force.

First, a word in the potential.

Canada is the second largest country in the world’s longest coastal line. It is located for global trading, dividing by the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic oceans.

Marko Papic, BCA Studies, as well as Reckons Canada, can be better in a hotter world. “Global warming can increase agricultural productivity, and can increase the country’s large eve of the country and allow new trade paths from the arctic,” he said.

The country, the world’s high-ranking uranium and third largest proven oil reserves are independent of the world’s greatest deposits. He is the fifth largest producer of natural gas.

Canada has a third of the world’s certified forests, and in a third of the world’s certified forests (used to fertilize), including a large supply of other goods. Moreover, it has many cobalt, graphite, lithium and other rare land elements used in renewable technologies.

“Canada has the potential to become a completely global super power,” said Papik. However, the nation had no vision leadership and political framework to capitalize its advantages.

US President Donald Trump’s tariff threat and changed the Overton window. There is a growing political consensus to unlock the economic potential of Canada and reduce its dependence on its southern neighbor. This task will fall to Pierre Poilievre after any election this year.

Canada’s GDP has long been the G7 peers, 16th place, is buying strong parity conditions. A country with geography can get a higher result. To do this, the Canadian economy needs to be more efficient, raise investors and attract higher qualified employees. Here’s how.

The country’s mountainous territory hinders dynamism. However, Canada places important bureaucratic loads related to the movement of people and goods. This includes provincial borders and licenses and technical standards that hinder the separation of scale, competition and effective resource within the country.

For measurement, Canadian provinces export more to America than they do among themselves. By 2022 MacDonald-Laurier Institute If the Canadian economy can grow by 4.4 to 7.9 percent in a long period, if it can grow up to $ 200 billion a year and has been eliminated by internal trade barriers with mutual recognition policy. In the 1990s, similar reforms in Australia helped increase productivity.

It is usually developing in a province that faces the threat of US tariffs. 95 percent of Canadians, an Angus Reid research, now supported the elimination of domestic trade barriers.

The comprehensive tax system, accelerating planning processes, developing economic partnership mechanisms for foreign direct investment and local population, will help enterprises entering the country’s extensive energy and mineral resources.

Canada can play a significant role in natural gas, uranium (used in nuclear reactors) and rare land minerals, especially the renewable energy and defense sectors, “use nuclear reactors” and rare minerals. The country’s natural resources, as well as the potential for higher value production and elegance, and both peoples and Chinese, and Chinese supply chains from Russia are considering diversifying the supply chains.

The development of natural resource groups in the country will support agglomeration of related economic activities, including extensive production, finance and research and development. This means increasing contact to support trades into Asia and Europe. Currently, there are around three quarters of Canadian goods. (Any future, friendly US management would then be bonus.)

“Canada shores of trade and energy infrastructure should continue to increase transport and pipelines on the coast, roads, roads and pipelines,” said Srivatsan, the Policy Director of the Royal Bank. Country Port Turnaround Times The country is 113rd in 103rd World Bank.

Next, people. Canada, a population of 40 mn, is one of the least densely populated countries in the world. But there is a carefully, one of the worst housing lack of developed in the world. In the last two decades, the average house prices, consumer expenses have increased three times with a high mortgage debt.

This is both demand and supply problem. Immigration, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, helped to expand the sparse labor market in the country. However, at the same time, the social infrastructure that does not develop at the same pace also intensified.

The harder immigration controls will provide a temporary respite. However, by an elderly population and a relatively small labor force, Canada should continue to attract talent for a long time. (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics – Both require investment – can only go so far.)

This should not be very difficult. In Canada Education, Health and Life Satisfaction OECD goes an average of a better life index. Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto, the best cities to live. Canada is mostly the most attractive place to study the university EconomistIf approximately 17mn acts there if graduates estimate.

The construction of more houses will ensure attractive and affordable for both internal and international workers. (Canada does not use the skills of immigrants as well as the ability of Canada.

This is not a complete list of policies. However, they must be among the long-term priorities for any Canadian leadership, which wants to capitalize the huge potential of the nation for any Canadian leadership.

Canadian money? The lowest net debt of G7 and the level of deficiency is the percentage of GDP. Thus, the growth amplifier can be partially funded by borrowing. But the total debt is high.

Canada also has capital and practice pools in world-class pension funds – “Eight of Maple” (the largest pension containers) spend $ 1.6TN for assets. They could return profitable capital in the country. Natural resource revenues can be directed to a sovereign wealth fund, as in Norway with years of purchase. It would be plenty of FDI, because the infrastructure and less red ribbon.

The Canadian economy is at a road crossing. The stiffness of the main trading partner is driving consensus around the increase in the national economy. The world needs a Canadian abundance. There is a unique chance to reach the potential of the nation. If they want.

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Food for thinking

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