There is some concern about development - that it may be restricted by First Nations. That is not terribly important since as Wilkinson and Pickett showed in The Spirit Level, Canada like all developed nations, would not have better living conditions if their wealth GNP/person, was increased. They showed that as GNP/person increased from the lowest levels in developing countries, living conditions improved. However there is a point when this relationship no longer exists. Increasing wealth such as with the US and the UK did not improve living conditions.  The best living conditions were  with Japan and Sweden. Japan, with its notorious economy. 

The worst living conditions were in the US and Portugal. 

Was there a common condition with Japan and Sweden, and the US and Portugal?  YES. income inequality (top  20% divided by bottom 20%).  Japan and Sweden have a low inequality. The US and Portugal very high. And most significant, there was correlation across 23 developed countries.