Canada could be in such dire straits 15 years from now that property ownership will be generational, post-secondary education will no longer play a role in success, and impoverished Canadians will resort to illegal hunting for sustenance, a new report suggests.
A report from Policy Horizons Canada is warning that such a future could become a reality by 2040 if existing economic policies remain unchanged.
Titled “Future Lives: Examining Social Mobility,” the study paints a picture in which most Canadians will never get ahead no matter how hard they work.
The majority of Canadians will “find themselves stuck in the socioeconomic conditions of their birth and many face the very real possibility of downward social mobility,” says the report says, which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. “While this is neither the desired nor the preferred future, Policy Horizons’ strategic foresight suggests it is plausible.”…