Watch the video: Is Canada really poorer than Alabama?

April 28, 2025| Video

Corporate leaders are obsessing over GDP per capita. But if you look at just about any number that would meaningfully tell you how well our economy is doing, Canada does better than the U.S. So, when corporate leaders speak glowingly of the American economic model, and how great it would be if Canada could be more like the U.S., it is worth asking: which aspect of that mess do they really want to replicate here? And how would that be good for Canadians?

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