A 2022 survey by Leger found that 70 percent of Canadians between the ages of fifteen and forty expected major upheavals—such as war, mass population movements, and natural disasters—in the foreseeable future. Almost 60 percent believed that Canadian governments were not doing anything about these dangers. The same proportion of respondents said that they felt helpless in the face of society’s problems. “Young Canadians express real fears about the future,” the study concluded. “They do not trust traditional institutions to make things better.”
The young Canadians who expressed these views are not mistaken. The remaining decades of this century will be very difficult. The country will face major upheavals. And our governments are not doing all they can to prepare for these challenges.
