Natural resources remain backbone of Canada’s trade and prosperity

To pay our way in an unforgiving and very competitive world, Canada must produce and sell exports to customers in other markets.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Smart policymakers should create and sustain a business and investment climate that champions and bolsters the commercial success of industries that underpin the export economy, write Jock Finlayson and Elmira Aliakbari. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JOCK FINLAYSON, ELMIRA ALIAKBARI

June 5, 2024

Canada is a mid-sized economy accounting for roughly two per cent of global production. Within North America, we represent less than one-tenth of the collective output of the three national economies. Canada is also an “open” economy that relies on cross-border flows of ...

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