Assessment and Recommendations
I. Macroeconomic Performance
-Forces Shaping Economic Activity
-Strong Economic Expansion
-Improving Labour Market Conditions
-Moderate Wage and Price Inflation
-Broad External Balance
-A Favourable Short-Term Outlook
-A Medium-Term Scenario
II. Macroeconomic Policies
-Monetary Management
-The Fiscal Stance
-Assessment and Challenges
III. Structural Issues and Policies
-Improved Supply-Side Performance?
-The Labour Market
-Product Markets
-Financial Markets
-Public Sector
-Concluding Remarks
IV. Making Growth More Environmentally Sustainable
-Introduction
-The Institutional and Historical Context
-Incentives for Resource-Based Activities: The Conflict with Sustainability
-Concluding Remarks
-Bibliography
Annex I. Agreement on Internal Trade: Major Outstanding Obligations
Annex II. Further Information on the Financial Services Sector in Canada
Annex III. Institutions and Policies in the Area of Resources and the Environment in Historical Perspective
Annex IV. Background Material on the Management of the Atlantic Fishery
Annex V. Chronology of Economic Events
Statistical Annex