For many of us, the start of a new year focuses our minds on goals and plans for the future. It’s a time for a fresh start, a time when we get around to…
That same mindset should be adopted by our government as well. With the worst of the pandemic firmly behind us, now is the time to finally start solving some of the key problems that have hobbled our economy and held back our potential as a country.The NP Comment newsletter from columnist Colby Cosh and NP Comment editors tackles the important topics with boldness, verve and wit. Get NP Platformed delivered to your inbox weekdays by 4 p.m. ET.
These problems have an enormous bearing on all of our lives, especially the lives of young Canadians. The problems are also all inter-related. Consider, for example, two of those core issues: the national debt and the health and wellbeing of Canadians. The interest we’re paying on our national debt each year isof what the government annually spends on health care.
But at the same time, a growing number of Canadians believe that our current economic system no longer functions for the benefit of all citizens and is tilted in favour of the rich. There is a growing divide between the wealthy and the working class, and a sense that the capitalist system is broken, with more money being held by fewer and fewer people. As a result, the hunger to create a fairer, more equitable and sustainable society has never been greater.
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