John Johnston

Following a decade defined by record levels of capital flight and weak business investment, Canada is increasingly catching the attention of global investors and companies looking to rebalance their portfolios amid global uncertainty. Last year, foreign direct investment in Canada hit nearly $100 billion, the highest it’s been since 2015 and the first time in a decade when inflow exceeded outflow. The opportunity is immense. If Canada can capitalize on this moment, it could lead the G7 in economic growth and industrial dynamism. RBC Thought Leadership’s research and analysis indicate that Canada requires $1.8 trillion in investment over the coming decade to galvanize growth in six export-oriented, R&D-intensive and strategically significant industries:1 Oil and Gas, Metals and Minerals, Electricity, Agriculture and Food Processing, Defence, and Space. For an economy worth $3 trillion annually—and given that we are focused on six industries that, collectively, represent less than 10% of GDP—the $1.8 trillion figure is substantial. However, it is attainable over the next decade, especially given the pools of capital to draw upon. Between pension funds and asset managers, Canada is sitting on nearly US$10 trillion in capital. And while estimates vary, the global capital pool sits somewhere between US$150 to US$200 trillion.2 Simply put: There is more than enough capital to power the country’s growth ambitions. With that in mind, we imagine two future scenarios: Trend Growth and Step Change. The Trend Growth scenario paints a picture of Canada 10 years out if current policies and investment patterns remain unchanged. The Step Change conceives a decade of purposeful national strategy, federal-provincial coordination and targeted investment.3 The latter, which represents a 65% capital injection boost from the Trend Growth scenario, shapes a new and prosperous Canada. One that could include two new oil pipelines, increasing production capacity by a third; an expansion of power generation across all sources, including nuclear; $300 billion in defence spending that strengthens advanced manufacturing and better enables Canada to contribute to NATO’s collective defence; the transformation of the mining sector into a linchpin of Canada’s industrial and geopolitical strategy; and sovereign launch capability just as space becomes the next economic frontier. It's been gone for quite a while I'm afraid.

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You lose. G'bye.

Huh? Your the ones who lost four elections in a row and can't out of the starting gate. The world moves around and past the Conmen. :)

The RCMP are far to busy acting as bouncers for American Pipeline Corps.

I don't understand why Canadians did not vote for Milhouse. I mean, he looks great in a pair of Mom jeans and has a spiffy new pair of Contac's. Pierre thought Canadians were stupid enough to fall for this act. what went wrong? 😁

The very first thing this present Whitehouse and Trump did was kick all their Allies in the teeth and hug Putin. America has unequivocally proven that America First means America alone and ultimately America Last. What are ya gona do... Shrug.

Does not matter. The Maga bunch got what they wanted in the end. They made sure America is alone and completely untrustworthy and totally non functional as a Government. Mission Accomplished. Be happy.

Lmao. All of it. :) Who cares. The Trump DOJ loses all their cases, most don't even make it to court. Shrug.

Virginia nails it.

And Milhouse would have already tried to give Canada away to the Orange Julius.

Thank God Carney is our Prime Minister and not Milhouse. We dodged a bullet for sure.

The TACO man strikes again!

Hahahahahaha... You folks are really on the ropes for some reason.

Finally the Democrats are fighting fire with fire. Way overdue.

Right down to threatening women on the internet because you don't like it when it happens to you. Nice.

“We believe that it's the voters of Virginia and the people of this country who should decide which party is in the majority… not Donald Trump and his extreme MAGA sycophants in state legislative bodies across the country who were ordered by Donald Trump to gerrymander the national congressional map as part of the effort to rig the midterm elections,” he told reporters on Monday. Nuff Said...

You all love Gerrymandering until the other party does it. Then you all have a big ass baby fit meltdown. Hahahahaha.

Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Mike Myers

Hegseth is just a run of the mill War monger loser drunk while Patel is a Battering Ram Drunk. Notice the Chief N Criminal only fires Women. Could be Trump is a great political strategist waiting to throw Sneaky Pete, Drunky boy and disaster that is RFK Jr. under the bus and blame them for his own mess. So many losers, so many choices. And this folks, are the people that run America. Funny in a very sad way.

At least attempt to make some sense occasionally huh.

Exactly. Well said.

Why? Cause you don't read? Lol.

The World cannot end. I still owe Magic Card and my Mortgage is not completely paid for yet. The Credit Card and my Bank will not allow the world end. So I am not worried about it.

Lol. That or the Aquarium Channel. :)