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Benchmarking Canada's Economic Performance

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21-Nov-2006

Jean-Philippe Cotis

While Canada's economic record over the past decade or so is enviable, GDP per capita remains distinctly below US levels, reflecting a sizeable productivity gap. Among the impediments to faster growth are the taxation of capital and restrictive regulations in certain sectors.

From Immigration to Integration: Local Solutions to a Global Challenge

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11-Oct-2006

Today the battle for talent is as important as the battle for capital. In the knowledge economy, skilled migrants can offer a significant comparative advantage to local economies. Unskilled migrants are also in demand, particularly where demographic...

Workshop on Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET): Strategies for a Global Workforce

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28-Sep-2006

Addressing barriers to the education, recruitment, progression and retention of women in science, engineering and technology (SET), from school age-level, to university studies, to late career, is key for meeting the increasing demand for a skilled workforce.

Forecasting monthly GDP for Canada

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21-Sep-2006

Annabelle Mourougane

The objective of this paper is to develop a short term indicator based model to predict quarterly GDP in Canada by efficiently exploiting all available monthly information. Economics Department Working Paper 515.

Country Profiles: An Overview of Early Childhood Education and Care Systems in the Participating Countries - Canada

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18-Sep-2006

The country profiles provide a comparative overview of the major indicators of Early Childhood Education and Care in the participating countries.

Education at a Glance 2006 - Briefing Note: Canada

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12-Sep-2006

This note summarizes the main characteristics of the Canada's education system. The full edition “Education at a Glance: OECD indicators 2006” provides a comparable and up-to-date array of education indicators enabling countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance.