$400 billion in capital has fled Canada over the last decade

This isn’t a Trump tariff problem.

This is a decade of self-inflicted wounds.

We’ve become the country where it’s nearly impossible to get anything approved.

Years of delays. Mountains of red tape. Capital runs the other way.

While other countries knock down barriers, we keep building them higher.

And then we wonder why the money leaves.

$400 billion in capital has fled Canada over the last decade.

Business investment per worker is down 25%.

In the US it’s up 20%.
In other advanced countries it’s up 20% on average.

This isn’t a Trump tariff problem.
This is a decade of self-inflicted wounds.

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— JayGen ???? er???????? (@JayGenXer)July 29, 2026

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