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_In just the last few years, Canada has dropped to the rear of the pack on any number of economic indicators in which it used to do quite well._

_Canada now has the slowest per capita GDP growth of any other large OECD country. It continues to post the world’s most unaffordable housing. Canada isn’t even one of the richest countries on earth anymore. Whereas Canada used to make the top five as recently as the 1980s, it’s now behind 14 countries that are officially wealthier.  _

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_But the country’s current slide is not limited to dollars and cents. In add

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