Actually, given the path their world is on (in the USA anyway), it's true. Falling economic opportunity, worsening physical environment, social atomization, increased indebtedness, etc.

You mean in Canada:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-falls-in-the-wor...

https://financialpost.com/news/canada-manufacturing-longest-...

https://thehub.ca/2026/02/02/canadas-spiralling-debt-problem...