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Michael Burt Associate Director Industrial Outlook, Trade & Investment

Canadian exports to the United States over the past decade have been generally stagnant. This indisputable fact has been the source of growing angst and speculation as to its cause. An easy justification is “border thickening”, but as is often ...

Pedro Antunes Director Forecasting and Analysis

Are households too smart for the economy’s good? According to a poll conducted by Opinion Search, nearly all Canadians believe that public deficits will, sooner or later, result in a larger tax bill. These results bring up an age-old question among economists: Does ...

Kip Beckman Principal Research Associate, Economic Services

Ask any American or Canadian what they thought about the past ten years and a positive response is highly unlikely. The decade included the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two wars, one in Afghanistan and another in Iraq. In addition, Americans put up ...

Glen Hodgson Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist Forecasting and Analysis

The concept of innovation can and should be a hot topic for all organizations and nations. I had the opportunity recently to take our ideas on innovation to leaders in Puerto Rico. Little did I know that I ...

		Alan Arcand Principal Economist Centre for Municipal Studies

		Mario Lefebvre Director Centre for Municipal Studies

Growth in Canada’s capital/labour ratio experienced a sharp slowdown beginning around 1984. Although growth has picked up in recent years, the country is still paying the price for the past ...