&gt; We&#x27;re (Canada, to be clear) one of the richest countries in the world. One of the most educated. One of the most cosmopolitan.<p>&gt; So why is it that we&#x27;re limited to being a petro-state?<p>Yeah, that&#x27;s for you (the Canadians) to answer.<p>(IMHO) In Canada everybody is very good at doing what they&#x27;re told, but they&#x27;re not so good at coming with solutions (I mean, big solutions, not the Stack Overflow kind of solution) by themselves