Those who control mining and profits from it likely are doing very well, however, overall just like America, Canada has a trade deficit with China in the billions of dollars. I wish we had as patriotic and nationalistic government as the Chinese do.
More than half of Canadians live paycheque to paycheque and most will die before they save for retirement, that is, if things continue as they are.
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