
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's seventh prime minister and first francophone to hold the top office, boasted in 1904 that the 20th century would belong to Canada. He was wrong, of course, but Brian Lee Crowley, author of the recently-released book, The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America's Shadow, says if the federal government continues its path of free trade, tax reforms and fiscal prudence, Canada can own the 21st century.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's seventh prime minister and first francophone to hold the top office, boasted in 1904 that the 20th century would belong to Canada. He was wrong, of course, but Brian Lee Crowley, author of the recently-released book, The Canadian Century: Moving Out of America's Shadow, says if the federal government continues its path of free trade, tax reforms and fiscal prudence, Canada can own the 21st century.