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"Exciting '60—." Although high wages make Canadian goods hard to export and new trading blocs, e.g., the Common Mar ket, may force Canada to rely even more heavily on U.S. buying, the richness of Canadian resources ensures long-range prosperity. By 1970, one government commission estimated Canada should have a population of 21 million and a gross national product of $50 billion v. 1959's $34.5 billion. The "surprising '50s," pre dicts Banker Ashforth, "should be succeeded by the exciting 60s."