Why is Canada’s Productivity Declining? A Discussion with Walid Hejazi, Professor of International Business at Rotman’s School of Management

Today, Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s VP & Portfolio Manager, speaks with Walid Hejazi, a Professor of International Business, and Economic Analysis at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Walid has been published in the Globe & Mail, the Financial Post and the Toronto Star, along with other globally recognizable publications. And, most recently, Walid and his co-author published a book called Everybody’s Business: How to Ensure Canadian Prosperity Through the Twenty-First Century. Over the years, Walid’s research has focused on the development of strategies that enhance the ability of companies to compete domestically and internationally, and his book focuses on Canada’s lost productivity. Walid and Randy discuss some of the reasons for Canada’s decline in productivity and some strategies to help us return to the upper levels of the world’s richest countries.