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When lending favors secured real estate over risky productive ventures, founders get starved of capital.
They don't disappear — they leave.
Canada's startup problem isn't talent. It's capital structure.
#StartupEcosystem #CanadaEconomy #CapitalTrap
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You can inflate balance sheets.
You cannot inflate productivity.
Canada's per-capita GDP growth has trailed peers. Business investment lags. R&D is falling behind.
This isn't a coincidence. It's the bill from 30 years of capital going to the wrong place.
#Productivity #CanadaEconomy
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Canada's stagnation isn't mysterious — it's structural. Ask a Canadian founder why they moved their company to the US and you'll often hear the same answer: capital. Not talent. Not market size. Capital. For decades, capital flowed into real estate appreciation rather than productive investment. Not by accident. By incentive design. When a country's lending infrastructure systematically favors secured real estate over productive risk, the entrepreneurs who need growth capital make a rational choice: they go where capital is willing to follow ambition. The result: balance sheets inflated while productivity stalled. Wages couldn't keep pace with costs. Founders exported their ambition. And when the strain became visible, the political conversation shifted toward population — not capital structure. The trap is powerful because it feels like prosperity while it's inflating. It only reveals itself as stagnation when the bill arrives. This is one piece of a larger structural argument we've been working through — Canada's capital allocation problem and why fixing it requires more political courage than any party has yet been willing to spend. #Entrepreneurship #CanadaEconomy #StartupEcosystem #VentureCapital #EconomicPolicy #RealEstate #Productivity #StructuralReform #CanadaEconomy #CapitalTrap #HousingCrisis #Productivity #EconomicPolicy #CanadianPolitics #RealEstate #MacroEconomics #WealthInequality #StructuralReform #HousingAffordability #EconTwitter #LongRead #PolicyDebate
Canada doesn't have a money shortage.
It's a direction problem.
For decades, capital flowed into appreciating houses instead of productive industry, it's a structural trap. And every institution has a reason to keep it intact.
curmudgeonlycanadian.substack.com/p/the-capita...
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Canada Economy Loses 83,900 Jobs in February, Unemployment Rises to 6.7%
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www.thecanadareport.ca/featured/canada-job-loss...
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Alberta’s record visitor economy performance supports job creation across communities, expanding immigration prospects tied to tourism and services. zurl.co/wlokh
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Canadians are navigating tariffs and hoping for interest rate cuts, but economists caution that further hikes remain possible.
storeys.com/bank-of-...
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BC Budget 2026 Increases Income Taxes to Address $183B Debt
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www.thecanadareport.ca/featured/bc-budget-2026-...
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Canadians are navigating tariffs and hoping for interest rate cuts, but economists caution that further hikes remain possible.
storeys.com/bank-of-...
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2/2: ... en route to a stronger Canadian economy with more productivity, a higher Per Capita GDP (personal prosperity), and more investment to create jobs and revenues. See the summary on my website:
gregmcleanmp.ca/from-stagnat...
#calgarycentre #yyc #cdnpoli #CanadaEconomy
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2/2: That policy work starts to lay out a plan to bring Canada's economy back to a solid foundation.
(I'll have more detail from that interim report for you in the next few days.)
#calgarycentre #yyc #cdnpoli #canadaeconomy
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4/4: But the Liberals voted it down. They continue, under their new Prime Minister, to double down on a decade of policies that have brought Canada to the bottom of prosperity lists compared to other western nations.
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2/2: Will the government work with Conservatives to remove barriers to investment and growth?
My remarks in the House yesterday.
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The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 2.25% today, citing heightened uncertainty from U.S. trade policy and geopolitical risks. Growth likely stalled late last year, while inflation remains near the 2% target.
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1/4: Conservatives today tabled the Sovereignty Act, a motion calling on Libs to get govt out of the way so Cdns can thrive with good-paying jobs.
When we export more & build more, incomes go up and life becomes more affordable.
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Charlie Angus argues Canada isn’t afraid to call Trump’s bluff anymore — on USMCA or the economy. Walking away may hurt the U.S. more than Canada. With Mark Carney commanding the Davos stage, the old normal is clearly over. #cdnpoli #USMCA #geopolitics #WEF #canadaeconomy
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From early-stage SMRs to affordable Chinese EVs, this agreement hints at how Canada could add new tools to its energy toolbox. The transition won’t be instant—but global competition may force faster innovation at home. #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #EVs #CanadaEconomy #Innovation
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