The Century Initiative, a five-year-old effort by well-known Canadians, is focused on seeing the country of 36 million grow to 100 million by 2100. But I don’t think it’s crazy.”The discussions that eventually blossomed into Century Initiative began in 2011 during a weekend gathering of friends at Barton’s cottage in Ontario’s Muskoka region, north of Toronto. Barton sees a dovetail between some of the ideas behind the Century Initiative and the growth council, but he says they are separate. “You read about (former prime minister Wilfrid) Laurier — it was supposed to be Canada’s century,” Barton said of the 1900s. “Canada did pretty well, but I don’t think we can say it was Canada’s century.”

Source: thestar October 23, 2016 20:13 UTC