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From Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Jamie Sarkonak summarizes the bogus start to Canada Federal elections in his National Post article Liberals pledge to make Canada a superpower after years of preventing it. <\/strong><\/a> Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday\u2019s edition of the Financial Times included<\/a> the oft-made observation that Canada is brimming with potential<\/strong>, and the oft-made conclusion that this country would be much better off if it simply developed its God-given gifts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article, Unlocking Canada\u2019s Superpower Potential by Tej Parikh, made the bullish case for this country\u2019s future prospects: Canada is geographically huge and loaded with natural resources<\/strong> \u2014 on paper, at least, it has the makings of an actual global superpower.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c\u2018Canada absolutely has potential to be a global superpower,\u2019 but the nation has lacked the visionary leadership and policy framework to capitalise on its advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It was, with gentle vagueness, a condemnation of the federal Liberal government<\/strong> and what is now being called Canada\u2019s \u201clost decade<\/a>\u201d:<\/strong> a period of 10 years in which the current government ratcheted up onerous environmental and Indigenous-consultation requirements<\/strong> and, where ministerial approvals are concerned, delayed decisions, all geared at keeping undeveloped parts of Canada in their natural state.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Terms like \u201ccircular economy\u201d and \u201cjust transition\u201d are the Liberal synonyms for this\u00a0no-growth agenda,<\/strong>\u00a0which has delivered us\u00a0a fraction of a percentage of GDP growth<\/strong>\u00a0per capita from 2014 to the end of 2024 \u2014 a time period in which\u00a0peer countries have managed double-digits.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For anyone who missed out on all the bad governance robbing Canadians of superpower prosperity, this brief video exposes the crimes against the citizenry.\u00a0 For those who prefer reading, I provide below a transcript from the closed captions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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