Labouring Economy

People in power are not usually inclined to come out and argue they're powerless, though, and they can't afford just to pull levers - retraining laid-off workers, for instance - that might not bear fruit until they're out of office.  So in search of a counter-narrative, their best play is to generate good news of the sort we saw on Friday, even if it doesn't come cheap.

People in power stuck between needing to sound confident, but not being sure what will actually work?

No sustainable way to retain old jobs that are fleeing to Bangladesh?

It's true, government traditionally has few tools to get the big players to play in their sandbox - frankly, there are lots of places in the world with cheaper labour, little regulation (like Bangladesh) and so on.

But there's no reason government needs to play by the traditional rules, either, nor focus on traditional businesses for success.

There's lots Ontario can do at all levels to get more bang for their buck, bring more people into the economy and set some world standards for the 21st century.  They just need to think differently.