Canada’s decline in productivity is a sign we don’t embrace change

Without improving our productivity, we will be forced to pay more to get fewer returns in jobs, opportunities, efficiency, and long-term growth.

When one looks at the countries that have marched up the productivity list, it is their citizens who have embraced competition and technology in every aspect of their working lives, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

July 26, 2023

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Earlier this month, I attended a conference of fire chiefs in Halifax. It is an annual event I attend for my emergency management software company, as we have clients in Atlantic Canada. But it is also a chance to listen to experts in the field and chat wi...

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