To see off the Trump challenge, Canada must fix its productivity problem, says Michael Ignatieff
The former Liberal leader on the threats that come not from Washington but from within
ACROSS THE world, Donald Trump has forced friend and foe alike to realise that they won’t be able to meet the challenge he presents unless they also address the structural vulnerabilities of their own economies. Nowhere is this more dramatically the case than in Canada. Whoever wins the Canadian election on April 28th, the incoming prime minister will face a long-gathering productivity crisis that makes the country especially vulnerable to American economic pressure.
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