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How the resource boom is transforming our economy

Monday, December 26th, 2011

Dec. 20, 2011
The Canadian economy has undergone a fairly profound shift over the past 10 years… we are starting to see… (that) exploitation of natural resources leads to a decline in the manufacturing sector… Ontario, the province most reliant on manufacturing, is now the second largest recipient of federal equalization payments… We should use some of the proceeds of non-renewable natural resources development to foster growth in our truly renewable resource industries — such as information technology and life sciences.

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