I'm 50 and far from being a 1 percenter. Over my lifetime, globalization has accelerated and multiculturalism has become entrenched in Canada. From my perspective, things have gotten better. We have a more nimble, entrepreneurial business class than we did when I was a kid in the 1970s -- when it seemed our whole economy depended on U.S. branch plants. We have a vibrant, diverse culture with lots of open discussion and debate. Immigrants have come in waves and, by and large, integrated into broader Canadian society. I've built a reasonably interesting and successful career in a safe, prosperous country. Do we need to help people as old classes of work (unskilled labour, for example) are replaced by automation? For sure -- we need to do much, much better.  But, I see no reason to throw away an approach that -- from my own perspective -- has overall been good for Canada.