IMF report says Canada’s elevated trade uncertainty reinforces long-standing weaknesses in productivity and competitiveness

So while Mark Carney’s efforts to develop new markets and new partnerships around the world matter, without a corresponding effort to boost Canadian innovation and support our ambitious entrepreneurs in building and growing new companies, the new market opportunities won’t lead to new exports and investments.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is seeking to expand Canada's exports to China by 50 per cent by 2030, or from about $30-billion to $45-billion.

TORONTO—In his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a message that is as important for Canadians as it was for his international audience: “nostalgia is not a strategy.” 

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