TORONTO—In a recent edition of Britain’s Financial Times, a columnist asked what had happened to Canada. “The country’s geography suggests it could be a powerhouse, but few talk about it in such terms,” columnist Tej Parikh wrote. “Canada rarely makes the global news” and “it underwhelms on the international economic stage, relative to its vast potential.” Our poor productivity is at the heart of Canada’s growth challenges, he argues.

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