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A aerial view of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain marine terminal in Burnaby, B.C. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press.
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Philip Cross: Canada should commit to doubling its GDP by 2050

Given the proven usefulness of targets in other areas, perhaps it is time the federal government set a long-term target for Canada’s GDP. After all, GDP is the key to creating the incomes that drive employment gains and generating the tax revenues to finance most government operations.

Philip Cross - Posted on August 16, 2021
Canadians spend too much money and time on infrastructure and people spend more time in traffic, two things that stifle growth. J.P. Moczulski/The Canadian Press.
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The secret to a successful growth agenda? Don't talk about it

Here’s a motivating question to get our policymakers thinking in the right direction: what would it take for Canada to achieve a $200,000 per capita GDP by 2050?

Chris Spoke - Posted on August 4, 2021
John Elliott, a survivor of the Mohawk Institute Residential School walks away following a press conference in front of the school in Brantford, Ont., on July 21, 2021. Peter Power/The Canadian Press.
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Dismantle the institutions that make collective aspiration

A suffocating administrative state is what holds back substantial change with its insistence on approving any direction we might take

Janet Bufton - Posted on July 29, 2021
The Pickering Nuclear Power Generating Station east of Toronto is shown in this August 19, 2003 file photo. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press.
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Canada's next frontier of clean energy must include nuclear

There is so much to hope for in a nuclear future for Canada, and so much to lose if we give in to old fears and new distractions.

Krystle Wittevrongel and Eric Seguin - Posted on July 19, 2021
Firefighters battle the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire in Doyle, Calif. on July 9, 2021. Noah Berger/AP Photo.
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Is there intelligent life on Earth?

In order to seek out and understand other intelligent life in the universe, our civilization needs to up its game to define a better future.

Harry Rakowski - Posted on July 13, 2021
The Mariana Trench is nearly 7 miles deep. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
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Sean Speer: Canada’s next frontier should be oceanic discovery

The twenty-first century frontier should be about oceanic discovery and Canada should be a global leader in this pursuit.

Sean Speer - Posted on June 17, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his way to a press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 2, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
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Steven Globerman: Aging population signals tough choices on the horizon

If no substantive changes are made to Canada’s OAS and GIS programs, the chief actuary projects that total combined spending on the two programs will increase by 400 percent between 2020 and 2060.

Steven Globerman - Posted on June 16, 2021
Former Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, right, chats with Terry Paul, chief of Membertou First Nation on Nov. 24, 2016. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press.
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Karen Restoule: Empowering Indigenous entrepreneurs offers new way forward

As Canada looks to build back better in the wake of the pandemic, engaging with Indigenous entrepreneurs is good business—for the country and for reconciliation

Karen Restoule - Posted on June 14, 2021
Power lines span the Androscoggin River in Auburn, Maine, bringing hydro-electricity from Canada. Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo.
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Michael Bernstein: Canada can win the cleantech sweepstakes

The Bank of Canada has identified climate change as one of the biggest risks facing the Canadian economy. Canada could be $100 billion poorer by 2050 if we don’t do more to halt the advance of climate change.

Michael Bernstein - Posted on June 9, 2021
Former prime minister Stephen Harper applied the principles of free markets to build the largest new social program in at least a generation. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
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Ken Boessenkool: The time has come for a new family agenda

In the coming decades, Conservatives must apply the tried-and-true agenda of free markets, subsidiarity and comparative advantage to a new priority: strengthening Canadian families.

Ken Boessenkool - Posted on June 4, 2021

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