The Fund That Flatters You While It Sells the Floor

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When Mark Carney announced the Canada Strong Fund on April 27, 2026, he said it plainly: this is not for rich people. It is for all Canadians. Nancy Perin, sociologist and Executive Director of the Gallery of Human Migration, has spent decades watching economies restructure and knows what the vocabulary of transformation—asset recycling, private equity, and sovereign wealth—tends to leave behind. In this Standing for Humanity piece, she examines what the fund’s structure actually promises, who bears the risk, and why loving your country means demanding better answers than this.

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