Please join me as I explore the surprises coming with Climate Change, the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine from a background of studying development in 40 nations.
An exciting but dangerous nation. Samba music and high crime rates. 6.3 children per female 60 years ago and 1.7 today. Massive immigration from Portugal, Spain, Germany and Italy in the past. 213.4 million people today and growing by 1.5 million per year. But then into decline after 2050 with a population of only 164 million by 2100.
One uncle with the RCMP protecting the shipyards in Halifax is hit over the head and later dies of a brain tumour. Another uncle is rescued at Dunkirk.
Tesla’s success as a global manufacturer of electrical vehicles proves globalism is not dead. Elon Musk is moving the world away from fossil fuels.
Big tech companies like Amazon and Facebook are becoming too big to fail. Like the big banks. Today’s heroes will be tomorrow’s villains.
China’s control of rare earths holds the world at ransom. Time for a new Canada-US partnership.
