The Ontario government has proposed its own supplement to the CPP in an attempt to force more saving. In reality, Ontarians typically have an above-average saving rate, double that of the rest of Canada as recently as 2009. Saving in Ontario returned to the national average after real income per capita fell outright in the last two years.

Economic growth in the modern world is fueled by energy. Although the total size of the economy tends to grow faster than total energy consumption, the two nonetheless trend together over the long run. So does economic growth cause an increase in energy consumption, or does an increase in energy availability cause an increase in economic activity, or both?