In 2002 I published a book by my business partner Satya Das. The title is "The Best Country, Why Canada Will Lead the Future." You can buy it on Amazon or send me an email and I will make you a deal.
Back then there was reason for a national optimism about what kind of people we were and how we were doing as a nation.
We used to be at the top of our game on most of the UN Human Development Index rankings. Boy have we ever slipped, as a country, since then. We have become complacent and self-satisfied. As a result we have lost competitive ground, especially to other countries who have improved significantly. Looks like our national mythology no longer aligns with our global reality!
Ann Golden, the head of the Conference Board of Canada has a Canada Day message in this video that puts our country and our declining place on the world stage in perspective.
So celebrate Canada Day tomorrow but also contemplate what the hell we are doing with our potential as a people and as a nation. It is time to stop going to our default role as a citizenry as pragmatically cynical. It is time to re-engage in the future of Canada.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Canada Day Message 2008
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Interesting video. What are the other countries doing different? I ask because at times our policy makers do no seem to take the opportunity to see what has worked of failed in othe countries.
ReplyDeleteUnless I have read wrong other countries are at different stages of implementing a "green policy" and yet we never hear or their results.