Oil and gas development won’t be the big drivers of future Canadian prosperity

This means we have to rethink our future, building an economy based on new ideas and knowledge instead.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C. Premier John Horgan, pictured in the PM's Centre Block office on July 25, 2017, met for the first time in person. The Trudeau government will not achieve its promise of a strengthened middle class unless it can find significant new sources of good jobs and economic growth, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 31, 2017

TORONTO—We can finally put an end to false hope that oil and gas development will be the big drivers of future Canadian prosperity. This means we have to rethink our future, building an economy based on new ideas and knowledge instead. The idea of Canada as an energy superpower, the cornerstone o...

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