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Toronto must be more competitive, says OECD

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09-Nov-2009

Toronto is home to 40% of the Canada’s business headquarters, the world’s seventh largest stock exchange, and it produces almost 20% of the national GDP.

GFSD Innovation, 2009 - OECD (2008), “Eco-Innovation Policies in Canada”

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29-May-2009

The report is part of a series of country profiles on eco-innovation policies developed for eight non-EU OECD members: Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Turkey and the US.

Modernising Canada’s agricultural policies

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05-Aug-2008

Peter Jarrett and Shuji Kobayakawa

The agricultural sector in Canada is relatively large, compared to those in most other G7 countries. In recent years, the federal and provincial governments have undertaken a number of sectoral reforms to meet the competitiveness and environmental challenges that it faces.

Achieving sustainability of the energy sector in Canada

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30-Jun-2008

Annabelle Mourougane

Energy represents a major sustainable development challenge for Canada. Eventually the main challenge will be to curb greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), despite the rapid expansion of high emitting sectors.

Economic survey of Canada 2008: Achieving long-term sustainability of the energy sector

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11-Jun-2008

Achieving sustainable exploitation of its plentiful energy sources is one of the key challenges Canada will face in the years to come. Indeed, the economy relies considerably on energy based activities whose development has been encouraged by government policies.

Water: an Under-Delivered Promise

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10-Jun-2008

In his speech delivered at the Conference of Montreal, Angel Gurría underlined that growing pressures from agriculture, energy production and industries were imperilling our water resources. He affirmed ...

Current Developments in Manufactured Nanomaterials in Canada

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14-Apr-2008

This paper, which was submitted by the Canadian delegation, shows the current developments in nanotechnology in Canada, given at the 3rd Meeting of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, held ...

Receiving Globalist of the Year award, Angel Gurría stresses the importance of multilateral co-operation

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26-Oct-2007

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría received the first ever "Globalist of the Year" award from the Canadian International Council for his contribution to innovation in global governance and international affairs.

Improving Co-ordination between Environmental and Health Policies: Final Report

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05-Mar-2007

The report provides evidence-based recommendations to improve policy co-ordination between environment and health. It incluses case studies on Canada, France and the United Kingdom to better understand the existing level of co-ordination between environmental and health policies.