Canada: Population 100 Million by 2050
What will determine the wealth (hence influence) of a country or a nation in the 21st century?
World is Changing?
The liberal World Order, an integrated supply chain where money and goods can travel freely across national boundaries, was the mantra for the last 30 years, starting with Reaganomics, Thatcherism, Deregulation, EU, and WTO. But, unfortunately, the protectionist winds prevailed in the previous decade, strengthened by the Covid pandemic and boisterous muscle flexing by BRIC and other advancing economies. As a result, countries with resources, population, and vibrant production and consumption capabilities will once again control the narrative of what constitutes human progress.??
So what can a country like Canada, with its vast land mass, rich in resources, and sparse population, do to maintain its traditional role of "Peace Keeper/Enabler" without pursuing "American exceptionalism through the barrel of another 6th fleet" in this new world order? One response - we will need a solid economic base, and for that, we will need a hard-working, savvy population of at least 100 million by 2050.?
So what should we focus on?
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Our Past and Possible Future?
Engagement Question
What should we focus on??
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments below,??
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1 年Jason Uppal, P.Eng.: We should contribute to world peace and see how we can help other nations, so that they can develop themselves with integrity and brotherhood. Thank you.
Jason, interesting article. The answer to your engagement question, at least from my perspective, is good governance. I am an immigrant, I was lucky to start working two weeks after landing in Canada, paid taxes a month later and got a medal for representing Canada at International venues three years later. However, what I have learned throughout my adult life is that one needs to know well what one's core values are and build teams (bring in, cooperate with, accept for residency and citizenship) based on an overlap of those core values( I am using the term "overlap" versus sharing or educating to stress the fact that the core values have to be already there, not implanted or faked). A nation can be seen as a team assigned to build a healthy socio-economic community and when assembling a good team (effective in its enterprise) it is the quality of the members (the true overlap of core values) that matters more than quantity. The apriori ingredient for success is leadership, the quality of the governance methodology behind that team's enterprise. Good leadership and governance build good teams, maximizing the probability of success. Hence governance gets the top spot.