Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2012: How Does Canada Compare

Health spending accounted for 11.4% of GDP in Canada in 2010, almost two percentage points higher than the OECD average of 9.5%.

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Meeting Global Challenges through Better Governance: International Co-operation in Science, Technology and Innovation

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Learning Beyond Fifteen - 10 years after PISA

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Benefits and Wages: Canada - Tax-benefit country chapter and Budget constraint calculations & charts

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Learning Beyond Fifteen - Ten Years after PISA

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Obesity Update 2012: Indicateurs Clés - CANADA

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Obesity Update 2012: Key facts - CANADA

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