If Prime Minister Mark Carney seriously wants to address Canada’s number one economic crisis – low productivity – he must scrap the anti-growth environmental polices of the Justin Trudeau government.

His major political opponents will be Trudeau-era Liberals and environmental activists, including the radical green groups Trudeau incorporated into his government.

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They describe Carney’s proposed fast-tracking of environmental regulations, cancellation of EV mandates and memorandum of understanding with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to build a new oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C.. as a betrayal of the high carbon tax policies he advocated before becoming PM.

But what they are really opposing is increasing Canada’s productivity – the measure of how efficiently an economy produces wealth.

Increasing productivity only way to make life more affordable

Increasing productivity is the only way to improve Canada’s standard of living and make life more affordable for the average citizen.

Redistributing income, as the Liberals have been doing for a decade, doesn’t increase productivity, which has been on the decline for decades in Canada and, in recent years, has completely stalled.

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