opinion
We’re selling Canada to big foreign investors. Why not sell to Canadians, too?
If taxpayers help build an important business, they should have a reasonable chance to own it
The Prosperity’s Path series was originally launched by The Globe and Mail in 2024, with scholar Dan Breznitz laying bare the challenges facing Canada’s economy, and offering solutions on how it could be fixed.
Then the world changed.
Now, with an uncertain relationship with the United States and the larger global economy, Canada’s problems have become more visible, more numerous and more difficult. In this new environment, The Globe has brought back the series, featuring a rotating cast of writers discussing how Canada can get back onto prosperity’s path.
If taxpayers help build an important business, they should have a reasonable chance to own it