Where is the sense of national ambition to seize and build on new opportunities today?

Four major Canadian-owned and headquartered corporations today all originated as Crown corporations. Our major electric power utilities are other examples of public policy pursuing major opportunities. But where are today's examples?

A turbo train in original CN livery, before VIA Rail took over the passenger service, seen in Calgary in 1975. Four of our country’s major Canadian-owned and Canadian headquartered corporations today—Potash Corp., Cameco, Air Canada, and CN Rail—all originated as Crown corporations, writes David Crane.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

June 5, 2023

TORONTO—As Canada strives to become a major source of critical minerals and rare earths for the new age of electric vehicles, solar power and advanced electronics, will we become the supplier of raw materials or will we make sure that refining and processing is done h...

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