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Question 7: Prosperity

How should Canada take advantage of its location in North America to increase prosperity while promoting our distinctive identity?

	Excerpt	Contributor	Date
view	Canada has a distinct identity. We need Government support to ensure that it's people benefit from it, not Imperialists. European Union-soon to become Earth Union to make it legal to join requires that countries deal rapidly and faithfully with issues such as Aboriginal title and homelessness. P	1947	2003-05-02 03:07:27
view	We are prosperous and have a distinct identity. A large part of that identity is that we don’t feel the need to promote or take advantage of it.	1941	2003-05-02 01:15:40
view	There is already more economic prosperity in the world than can be sustained over the not-so-distant future (perhaps 30 years) by the earth's resources. While that statement will not be accepted by many people, there is overwhelming evidence to support it. The problem is not how to create mor	1935	2003-05-01 22:17:04
view	As noted in the responses to questions 1 and 2, Canada’s foreign policy can better reflect the concerns and priorities of Canadians by explicitly acknowledging the global elimination of poverty as an attainable goal. Canada can use its position within North America to promote fairness and equity	CCIC	2003-05-01 21:49:54
view	Canada enjoys a particular geopolitical advantage by being located in North America. With the US we enjoy the largest trading partnership in world. Distinctively, Canada enjoys a far greater privileged situation in the eyes of our neighbours across Latin America and Asia in particular when compared	1903	2003-05-01 21:05:31
view	First and foremost recognize that a sustainable economy and a growing economy may not be mutually compatible goals, and that the priority, globally, must be a sustainable economy. Second, recognise that Canadian prosperity cannot be pursued in isolation from or in opposition to the prosperity of	1906	2003-05-01 21:05:23
view	As well as fostering healthy North-South trade with U.S., Mexico, the countries of Central America and the Caribbean, Canada should focus trade relation within our borders (East-West). Workers should be able to practice their professions and trades across this country without the provincially impose	1897	2003-05-01 21:05:09
view	by example of how our freedom and prosperity are being shared so well within Canada. There is much room for improvement here. For example we have too many children living below the poverty line. One result of that is too many children going to school hungry and not able to learn at their potential l	1899	2003-05-01 15:44:24
view	Canada is a unique country with vast resources and land at a time when those are lacking elsewhere. Signing the Kyoto Accord was an important first step that we support. We have to use our resources more wisely and take global leadership balancing prosperity with living within our means.	USC	2003-05-01 13:57:33
view	Less important for a dept. of Foreign Affairs. Surely other depts. can take care of the economics	1878	2003-05-01 11:55:35
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