Many young Canadians are giving up on their future. They might one day be prepared to give up on Canada itself. This is not hyperbole; this is data. An October 2023 poll by Nanos Research revealed that 70 percent of Canadians—including 75 percent of adults under thirty-five—believe the next generation will experience a lower standard of living compared to today. Young Canadians are poorer, more indebted, and more economically precarious than any generation in modern history. The social contract that promised each generation at least as good a life as the previous one is broken.
