Advantage Canada : Canada's new government

The world is not standing still, and working together—as one—Canadians have the energy, the ambition, the skills and the tools to succeed in a global competitive marketplace. [...] Implementation and Key Success Factors: The Will of Canadians to Succeed Long-term economic success requires the discipline to focus on the principles and policies of this plan. [...] Canadians are ambitious, and our people, businesses and organizations have the ability and the confidence to succeed on the world stage. [...] The decline in the share of the population of working age is common to most industrialized countries, but projections by the United Nations show that over the next 25 years, Canada will experience the second largest decline among G7 countries and the fourth largest among all OECD countries. [...] The full impact of public debt on the economy includes not only the federal government’s debt, but also debt of provincial-territorial and local governments, and the assets of the Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan.