Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has a new rallying cry: that Canada should be the richest country in the world. He recently tweeted a striking map from the Mining Association of Canada, showcasing our vast reserves of critical minerals, oil and natural gas, as evidence of our untapped potential as a country.

To be clear, Canada won’t become the world’s richest country by total gross domestic product anytime this century — if ever. With just over 40-million people, the math doesn’t work. What we could become is the wealthiest in terms of per capita GDP. While GDP per capita capita isn’t the only measure of prosperity, it remains a key one. So let’s aim for the top spot. How do we do it?