La fin du Canada de Trudeau
4 décembre 2010
L'Australie comme le Canada connaissent un même phénomène: Le schisme économique entre les régions riches en ressources et celles qui en sont moins pourvu:
Australia’s dangerous economic divide
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"Australia’s growing economic schism reads like an extreme version of the increasing friction between the resource-focused provinces of Canada’s West and the manufacturing and financial services-driven economies of Ontario and Quebec. Down Under, the global commodity boom has created a dangerous economic divide."
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"As the economic importance of resources increases and spawns new areas of influence, Canadian politicians are also taking notes. The politicization of Western Australia has a counterpart in the rising political influence of Canada’s West, most recently demonstrated by Ottawa’s surprise decision to block the proposed sale of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. to BHP, after the provincial government under Premier Brad Wall opposed the takeover."
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"Until the global resource boom runs out of steam, Canada’s West, as well as more recent additions to the commodity club such as Newfoundland, will continue to gain more political sway. Ignoring the concerns of the country’s most populous central provinces, however, will only serve to intensify Canada’s own version of Australia’s two-speed economy."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/australias-dangerous-economic-divide/article1824987/page1/
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JCPomerleau
