Canadians are increasingly waking up to the fact that our lacklustre economic prosperity and productivity growth over the last decade are the fault of homegrown policies — and our own complacency.
The federal government has started to address some of the underlying problems. Regulatory blockades are being removed. New pipelines are planned. Defence contracts are spinning up. Trade is diversifying.
But as encouraging as these announcements are, little will be accomplished in the long run if we don’t have a highly educated population to do the work and create future opportunities.
