In the murky new world order, Canada needs a growth plan

First, to achieve the generational pivot the times demand, Canada needs government operating at its best, with focused federal political leadership, bold policies, federal-provincial alignment and government-business collaboration—something that has been lacking in recent years. 
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, pictured Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

The global financial crisis of 2008 not only shook the very foundations of Western economies, it fomented the rise of populism in the United States and Europe and led two autocrats—China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin—to re-evaluate their vi...

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