Economy
When they are not playing vote bank politics, both the Liberals and the Conservatives predominantly use the GDP metrics (growth, real, per capita) to design thier policies in the following domains.
taxation
Commission taken from the people with the promise of delivering good governance.
investing
Moving people’s wealth into inventories or expenditures with the assurance of future returns.
spending
The use of people’s wealth in the name of providing essential or valuable services.
regulation or deregulation
Allowing or restricting the the nation to do certain things in the name of protecting the country and its citizens.
The question the Canadian people should ask is, politicians talk about economic growth, growth, growth, all the time. Now what has grewn since the country was incepted 150 years ago? If all our labour is wealth, plus the natural resources, and any foreign surplus we gained through trade, where are they today? Is it in all the things we call “inventory”? Like roads, cities, schools, hospitals, etc, or the skills we had taught ourselves? like science, engineering, medicine, marketing, law, etc?
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