The World Economic Forum points to a grim 2034
It doesn’t have to be that way, but it will be unless we develop the institutions, capacities, and will for a different future. That is a political choice.
Why Canadian businesses lag behind their American peers
Canada is a wealthy country with top-performing companies in natural resources, manufacturing, and other industries, but its underperformance in innovation and exporting undermines Canada’s potential for higher sustainable growth.
Billionaire growth is out of control — and we’re paying the price
If we want to improve people’s lives, we may need to look at reversing half a century of regressive taxation and raise wages from the bottom up.
Liberals fail to provide leadership on green and digitalization transitions, opposition parties missing in action
What this paper from the three Innovation, Science and Economic Development analysts most importantly underlines is both the governmental failure to realistically acknowledge the big transitions we face, but also that, in the absence of a serious growth strategy going forward, we face a future of stagnation and the risk of a major brain and investment drain pursuit of greater opportunity elsewhere. That’s surely not what we want.
The Davos crystal ball: global risks in 2024 and beyond
As a recent World Economic Forum report observes, ‘The next decade will usher in a period of significant change, stretching our adaptive capacity to the limit.’
Canada needs to do more to scale-up our top young tech companies
Focusing only on recovery from the current economic slowdown is not the end game: that should be the creation of a new Canadian economy with a growing number of high-value domestic businesses that can flourish in the global economy.
We need to build hope based on productive wealth creation: this is our biggest challenge
This is a world of despair, not hope. This extends well into the middle class, as consumer confidence surveys show. Per capita GDP continues to decline. As a consequence, social stability is becoming more at risk.
Despite growing talk of a recession in 2024, affordability remains key frame for economic issues, say observers
Until someone loses their own job, a recession is ‘theoretical’ to them, but everyone needs to pay for items like food and shelter, said Christian Bourque of Leger Marketing.
An open letter to the prime minister: Canada needs to recalibrate how we engage with other nations this year
Canadian foreign policy must be steadfastly oriented towards Canada’s core long-term strategic priorities and national interest. Unfortunately, with the exception of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, Canadian foreign policy in recent years has frequently appeared, instead, to be reactive and unfocused.
Canada’s in trouble, and we must respond
We lack an economy that can sustain our standard of living going forward. Without change, young Canadians face a much diminished future.
