Gary Mar: If Mark Carney wants to unlock Canada’s potential, he must start with the West

Those figures should not come as a surprise; we are resource rich and have what the world wants. Oil and natural gas are always top of mind when talk turns to resources, but the West is so much more. Potash, forest products, key primary agricultural products including peas, canola, beef and pork, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and medicines, to name a few. Revenues from these products are, to paraphrase Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, the economic horse pulling Canada’s social cart. Imagine the boost to Canadian productivity if the full value of these industries were harnessed efficiently and strategically. Imagine the Canada we could build.

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