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Availability: Available
Publication date: 31 Jul 2006
Language: English
Pages: 144
Tables: 12
Charts: 10
ISBN: 9789264025264
OECD Code: 102006101E1
Frequency: Every 18 months
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Table of contents
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This 2006 edition of OECD's periodic survey of Canada's economy finds strong economic performance but cautions that to maintain this performance, productivity must be increased and social policies must be put on a sustainable path. After reviewing recent economic developments, the Survey examines the business environment including taxation, product market competition, and capital markets. It then takes a look at the state of innovation, Canada's innovation strategy, and how to leverage innovation to improve economic performance. A chapter on fiscal policy and federal-provincial arrangements finds equalisation transfers need to be revamped and that the federal government should step back from trying to steer in areas of provincial responsibility. The final chapter takes a detailed look at social welfare programmes.
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Other languages:
French (Available)
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Superseded by: OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2008 - (Available)
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Other Versions:
Print - Paperback
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Policy brief:
English
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Table of contents:
Executive Summary
Assessment and Recommendations
Chapter 1. Managing the Challenges Ahead
-Macroeconomic Performance
-Structural Changes Affecting the Economy
-Key Challenges
-Concluding Remarks
-Annex A.A1. Progress in Structural Reform
Chapter 2. Improving the Business Environment
-Business Taxation
-Product Market Competition
-Capital Markets
-Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
Chapter 3. Innovation and Economic Performance
-The State of Innovation
-Canada's Innovation Strategy
-Optimising Investments in the Knowledge Base
-Transforming Knowledge into Innovation
-Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
Chapter 4. Adapting Fiscal Policy and Financial Arrangements in the Federation
-Fiscal Framework and Long-Term Projections
-Federal-Provincial Financial Arrangements
-Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
Chapter 5. Social Policies: From Social Welfare to Social Development
-Redesigning Family Assistance to Better Promtoe Welfare-to-Work Transition
-Adderssing the Specific Challenges Facing Minority Groups
-Expanding Programmes for Disadvantaged Children and Helping At-Risk Families
-Facilitating Access to High-Quality Early Education and Care
-Increasing Incentives fo Older Workers to Extend their Working Lives
-Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
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