Business articles love their negativity; however, while there is nothing exciting about Canada's economic picture we should appreciate that Canada on a whole has done OK and our economy is actually performing well as it cycles through strengths and weaknesses in various economic sectors.  While Windsor factory workers, Calgary Oil men, or potentially BC Real Estate Agents may feel the pain at one given time, we are blessed with many potential outlets for growth and investment.  A growth rate of 1.5-2.5% is quite reasonable.  Long-term growth of 1% in economic size or population blended over a century is actually a substantial growth rate  What would Canada look like in 2088 if we maintained 1 percent growth?  It would be a country of 73 million people with a 4 Trillion dollar economy.