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Canada’s Economic Crisis: The Fall from Grace
For decades, Canada has projected an image of stability, prosperity, and a near-Nordic quality of welfare—an affluent nation comparable to the United States in wealth but with less inequality, violence, and social polarization. The narrative was that of a "European cousin" on the North American continent, a country that made the idealized concept of a social democracy look effortless. But recent developments have shattered this comforting illusion. Canada, once considered resilient and stable, is now grappling with its most severe economic crisis in over a century.