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Innovation and business investment needed in Canada

With our resource-rich economy and access to education and health care we could be doing better. And we must, because the Americans have put nearly $400-billion on the table for clean growth—and they can continue to outspend us 10 to one.

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BY CSG SENATOR PAMELA WALLIN
June 12, 2023

Opinion | BY CSG SENATOR PAMELA WALLIN | June 12, 2023

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Innovation and business investment needed in Canada

With our resource-rich economy and access to education and health care we could be doing better. And we must, because the Americans have put nearly $400-billion on the table for clean growth—and they can continue to outspend us 10 to one.

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