Preston Manning on the Future of Canada

Preston Manning on the Future of Canada
Riders pass through a canola field as they take an afternoon trail ride near Cremona, Alta., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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The following is a condensed version of a speech given by Preston Manning at a Frontier Center for Public Policy event in Winnipeg on Sept. 22, 2022.

Canada’s Economic Future

What are Canada’s strengths? We don’t have the largest population. We don’t have the largest stock of financial resources. We don’t have the most salubrious climate.

But what do we have? As the second largest country by area on the face of the earth, we have the second if not the largest stock of natural resources on the planet.

Preston Manning
Preston Manning
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Preston Manning served as a member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2001, and as leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2000. He founded two political parties: the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance. Both of these became the Official Opposition in Parliament and led to the creation of the Conservative Party of Canada, which formed the federal government from 2004-2015.
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