A Move to a Hard Currency Standard Is Coming Into Focus as the Best Way To Fix Canada’s Teetering Economy

Could the country — by fixing its currency to a combination of precious metals, oil, basic housing, and food — emerge as the leader in a world economy badly in need of reform?

AP/Mike Groll
Gold bars at the United States Mint at West Point, New York, 2012. AP/Mike Groll

Canadians have been advised to prepare themselves for economic stagnation for the first half of this year and a reduction in the whole year in per capita net income for Canadians. I find myself resistless against the temptation to inflict upon patient readers yet again my program for a radically different approach to fiscal and monetary management.

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