Cory Morgan: The Reason Canada Has Become an Investment Pariah Is Due to Liberal Government Policy, Not the Convoy Protest

Cory Morgan: The Reason Canada Has Become an Investment Pariah Is Due to Liberal Government Policy, Not the Convoy Protest
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa on Nov 24, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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If there is one thing investors like before committing funds to projects, it’s a sense of stability. They want to know circumstances won’t unexpectedly change and sour their investment. This is particularly true with foreign investors who entrust their capital to a nation over which they have no control. That makes them more skittish and inclined to close their wallets at any sign of political instability or lack of trustworthiness within the government.