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Opinion: Investing in our natural resources will power Canada forward

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The Bank of Canada has characterized Canada ’s lagging productivity as an “emergency” Andrew DiCapua and Bryan Detchou say there is a natural solution to our economic challenges.

They say investment in high-productivity sectors, particularly within natural resources, is an obvious remedy to our productivity challenges.

Excluding just the oil and gas sector from the Canadian economy would lower productivity by five per cent , shrinking economy by $150 billion annually .

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