Conrad Black: It’s Time for Canada to Take Advantage of Its Astounding Treasure House of Natural Wealth

At the time of Confederation in 1867, Canada had slightly less than 10 percent of the population of the United States, and the population of that country practically tripled between the U.S. Civil War and World War I


It now appears likely that Canada and the United States are having a so-called soft landing and will avoid a recession, and that the worst of inflation is over and is coming down to manageable proportions.

However, it should be remembered that the management of the COVID pandemic produced a profound recession—replete with immeasurable psychological damage, economic dislocation to many, and deterioration in education standards—that produced an unnecessary recession. This was a generous gift to the People’s Republic of China which exported the COVID pandemic and greatly profited from it, despite the extreme severity with which Beijing repressed the pandemic within its own borders. ---More...

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