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• Canada

  - 2008-06-01

  Economic growth decelerated sharply late in 2007 mainly because of faltering exports and manufacturing output. Growth is projected to remain weak until spring 2009 as US demand stagnates, but no recession is expected. The current account may dip deeper into deficit, and the general government fiscal balance may show a...

  Tags: Canada, Government, inflation, OECD

• Canada young among developing nations

  - 2008-01-23

  Canada's population continues to age, but it is still one of the youngest of the world's developed nations, according to new preliminary estimates. As of July 1, 2007, the population's median age was estimated at 39.0 years. In 2002, it was 37.6 years. Nationally, 13.4% of Canada's population...

  Tags: Canada, OECD

• Tax treaty shopping and the GAAR: MIL S.A. v. The Queen

  - 2008-01-01

  I INTRODUCTION II MIL INVESTMENTS S.A.V. THE OUEEN Facts Tax Court Decision III AVOIDANCE TRANSACTION Avoidance Transaction Series of Transactions IV TREATY MISUSE OR ABUSE UNDERTHE GAAR Textual, Contextual and Purposive Analysis ...

  Tags: Canada, FINANCE, Inco Ltd., income, Luxembourg, OECD, Queen, Taxation, Taxes, treaty

• The Fraser Institute: High-Priced Canadian Health Care System Provides Poor Access to Care Compared to Other Nations.

  - 2007-11-05

  CALGARY, ALBERTA, Nov 5, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Canada spends more on health care than any industrialized nation except Iceland and Switzerland yet we rank near the bottom in terms of access to physicians and new medical technology, according to a new study released today...

  Tags: Benefits, Canada, HEALTHCARE, OECD, SOFTWARE

• Childcare, the 'business case' and economic development: Canadian evidence, opportunities and challenges

  - 2007-10-01

  Abstract This paper reviews the evidence, opportunities, and challenges associated with the business case for childcare in Canada. In Canada, as in the US, childcare is increasingly framed by the state, business spokespeople, and social actors through economic idioms. In Canada, the business case for childcare authorizes more policy...

  Tags: benefit, Canada, education, G., investment, M., OECD, Quality, Toronto, women

• Canadians Deserve More Paid Vacation Time: Georgetti Calls for a National Minimum of Three Weeks Paid Vacation.

  - 2007-07-30

  OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jul 30, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- A new report released today by the Canadian Labour Congress confirms what most working people in this country have long suspected. Canadians give more of their waking hours to their employers than workers in most OECD countries....

  Tags: Canada, OECD, Ontario, worker

• Clean Energy Innovation: Does Leadership Count?

  - 2007-04-24

  Canada, together with other nations around the globe, faces enormous challenges in balancing economic and environmental sustainability. In the midst of this, one thing is clear - with increasing urgency, innovation is required by government and industry. In this regard, how does Canada fare?Canada has slipped 13th place in the...

  Tags: Canada, Government, hydrogen, innovation, investment, leadership, OECD, technology

• Tax planning for possible future events does not attract GAAR: MIL S.A. v. The Queen

  - 2006-11-01

  Introduction Jean-Raymond Boulle is a very lucky man who became a very rich man. In 1993, while he was a resident of Belize in Central America, (2) he began to acquire shares of Diamond Field Resources Ltd. DFR, a public company incorporated in Canada and traded on the Toronto...

  Tags: Canada, Crown, exemption, FINANCE, income, Luxembourg, OECD, Taxes, Treaty, treaty

• The impact of industry associations: evidence from Statistics Canada data

  - 2006-10-01

  SUMMARY Industry associations are nonprofit organizations with specialized knowledge and capabilities that typically perform innovation enabler roles. I present Statistics Canada data that show that industry associations have a strong impact on the ability of Canadian firms to innovate. In the interests of informing further empirical work on the...

  Tags: Canada, government, innovation, knowledge, Leadership, network, nonprofit, OECD, R&D, Strategy

• The productivity agenda: why the federal government is expected to get serious about lagging productivity growth

  - 2006-10-01

  Just like individuals and families, there are choices to be made by nations between consumption and investment. And there are also choices to be made from a temporal perspective, ranging from immediate outcomes to longer-term outcomes. Measures to enhance productivity growth tend to be in the investment category and...

  Tags: Canada, Government, OECD, SOFTWARE, tax