A new Public Policy Forum report argues that Canada should adopt a focused, sector-based economic strategy to address weak productivity, slow growth, and rising global competition. Using a dual lens of economic impact and strategic importance, the report identifies four “super sectors” — energy and natural resources, manufacturing, transportation and communications infrastructure, and professional, scientific and technical services — as offering the greatest potential for broad economic and national resilience gains. It recommends concentrating government policy and investment on these areas to maximize productivity spillovers and strengthen Canada’s position in an increasingly geopolitically driven global economy.
