Here are three off the top of my head: Record levels
of household debt threaten future spending, too many of our companies need a weaker currency to be competitive, and international energy companies are giving up on Canada as a place to invest.
New analysis
of government data by the National Association
of Home Builders (NAHB) reveals a connection between rising student loan
debt and the onset
of the housing slump, and offers yet another example
of how lower home values have hurt millions
of middle class
households and
threatens the fragile economic recovery.