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Will Canada Collapse OR Become the Most Powerful Country of the Century?

2025-03-22 News & Politics
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In his opening keynote at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, Jay Martin delivers a compelling call for Canada to reclaim its identity as a resource-driven economy. Drawing on powerful historical analogies—from the rise and fall of Argentina to the economic logic behind the end of slavery—Martin argues that industrial transitions only succeed when driven by cost-efficiency, not sentiment. He warns against the narrative that Canada should abandon its competitive advantage in resource extraction to chase unrealistic energy goals, and emphasizes that responsible, domestic mining is essential for a sustainable future. Framing Canada as being at a tipping point, Martin urges policymakers and citizens alike to embrace the country's strengths and make pragmatic decisions for long-term prosperity. For more content from host Jay Martin, please visit The Commodity University at: https://2ly.link/211gp Sign up for my free weekly newsletter at https://2ly.link/211gx Be part of our online investment community: https://cambridgehouse.com https://twitter.com/JayMartinBC https://www.instagram.com/jaymartinbc https://www.facebook.com/TheJayMartinShow https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambridge-house-international 0:00 - What's Wrong with Canada Today? 4:16 - Canada's Competitive Advantage 8:09 - The Resistance to the Extraction Industry 11:17 - Canada's Tipping Point 16:55 - Humans' Most Common Energy Source 25:23 - Canada Must Get Back to Reality Copyright © 2025 Cambridge House International Inc. All rights reserved.

Top Comments (10)

@cyberft 2025-03-22

Good luck Canada. You can do it and we need you to. With love from 🇺🇸

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@Markogorkis 2025-03-23

I'm keeping an eye on tax changes since they impact company profits and investor sentiment.

159 4 replies
@Guardian11-y1e 2025-03-22

I don’t think there is anyone right now who doesn’t think that Canada needs to develop industry, retool existing infrastructure, expand trade, but it needs to be done thoughtfully, thinking into the future, we are not the last generation that will need clean water, resources, energy.

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@geoffalexson8450 2025-03-23

We’re at a turning point in history. We must adapt at all costs and work differently from now on. New alliances and partnerships will be necessary. Long live Canada.

67 6 replies
@CatalyzeLife 2025-03-22

Well put Jay! Every Canadian needs to listen to this.

61 1 replies
@Novaheart1998 2025-03-23

We aren’t collapsing, we just want to be free and have a good life.

46 6 replies
@irmawhynacht3543 2025-03-22

I went to Europe with my Mother by Ship in 1960! It took 10 days one way. Cheapest way to go at the time! Canada can be GREAT! WITH THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP!! GO CANADA!! GO!!!!

46 5 replies
@catherinenagora8643 2025-03-23

Just one important addition I would make especially if you are speaking in Canada. Canada banned slavery in the Upper Canada Act Against Slavery 1796. Yeah Canada!

27 1 replies
@noIDwhatsoever 2025-03-22

Sales pitch material and not very good at that. I can't decide if he's ill informed or deliberately misleading. I have nothing about exploiting our natural resources but the first mistake to avoid is to push further our drawers of water and hewers of wood tradition. Serious economic studies of electricity, as an example, show that the more significant economic returns occur at the consumption site, not at the production site. The electricity (and oil) produced in this country and sold to the US yield nearly an order of magnitude more benefits for the US than it does for Canada. And the similarly for the raw minerals extracted. Transformation of our minerals and use of energy in the country to the maximum extent possible must be part of any plan to revitalise our economy or we will definitely miss the boat.

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@jeffstokkeland 2025-03-23

If Canada wants to get ahead and be truly wealthy we would use the resources that are available to us presently and when the country is more financially stable we can develop new technological energies that perform properly in the Canadian environment and are better for the environment

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