Canada’s competitiveness and economic growth are being hampered by restrictive policies and the government’s disinterest in fostering the wealth-producing business sector, an economist says. “There’s an increasing feeling in this country that something has gone wrong with our economy, and in particular our business sector, that we’re just not as competitive on the world stage as we used to be,” senior fellow at the Fraser Institute Philip Cross told The Epoch Times. In a recent paper, Cross looked at factors that have reduced Canada’s competitiveness and productivity, which further lowered its share of global GDP. He found that Canada’s annual real GDP growth over the past decade has been the slowest since the 1930s. “Canada’s sluggish economic growth in the years before the pandemic reflects a lack of innovation and weak productivity growth that has persisted for decades,” he wrote. “The prolonged slump cannot be fully addressed with the current approach of …