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Economist Philip Cross, who authored the groundbreaking High Impact<\/a> study for Resource Works when we launched in 2014, offers a fresh analysis of where Canada finds itself in the third quarter of 2017. Not surprisingly, resource congestion is at the heart of our troubles. The most relevant comments are toward the end of the clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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