Is Canada’s Economy Quietly Breaking Apart? ft. Moshe Lander

Canada’s GDP debate misses the real crisis: falling living standards, weak productivity, and industries under pressure.
Moshe Lander explains why technical recession talk ignores the deeper economic problems Canadians feel every day.

In this episode, we break down:
• Why GDP is useful—but not the full story of Canada’s economy
• What a “technical recession” does and does not mean for Canadians
• Canada’s declining standard of living and the rise of the “me-cession”
• Agriculture, climate change, oil and gas volatility, and global shocks
• Why construction, manufacturing, and auto production are under pressure
• How tariffs, CUSMA uncertainty, and U.S. trade disruption affect Canada
• Canada’s AI gap, risk aversion, and long-term innovation challenge
• Why productivity may be Canada’s biggest economic crisis
• How oligopolies, weak competition, and low investment hurt wages
• The economics of sports, FIFA, stadiums, and major public events

Hosts: Paul Micucci
Guests: Moshe Lander

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:24 Technical recession vs. real-life affordability
03:34 What GDP actually measures
07:08 Canada’s GDP, inflation adjustments, and G7 comparisons
08:29 Agriculture, climate change, and falling sector output
10:52 Oil, gas, global conflict, and price volatility
12:00 CUSMA, agriculture, and trade negotiations
12:54 Construction and manufacturing weakness in Ontario
14:44 Real estate cycles and immigration policy shifts
15:48 Canada’s auto manufacturing decline
18:32 Postal strike impacts and the U.S. tech boom
20:00 Canada’s AI strategy and risk tolerance problem
23:08 Why politicians need to think long-term
25:31 Warehousing, logistics, and commercial real estate
27:23 Canada’s natural resource advantage
29:30 East-west trade, global markets, and supply chains
31:19 Why GDP headlines miss the real economic story
33:05 Deficits, growth projections, and productivity
35:26 Canada’s productivity crisis explained
37:01 Oligopolies, weak competition, and stagnant wages
40:46 How foreign competition could improve productivity
42:30 The economics of sports and FIFA
45:27 Closing

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