measurement of aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada and the United States. The paper examines all data sources for … series and of cross-country comparability. It also assesses the sensitivity of Canada-U.S. aggregate labour productivity … productivity trends is desirable in addition to the more common practice of focusing on the business sector. Canada has lagged the …

In recent years, the productivity performance of oil and gas extraction in Canada has been dismal. Based on official … real GDP and labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in oil and gas extraction fell 8.23 per … high productivity level, have resulted in positive contributions to Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 …

The forest products sector in Canada has faced hard times since 2000. In terms of productivity growth, the sector as a …

In recent years, the productivity performance of mining in Canada has been very poor. Based on official real GDP and … labour input estimates from Statistics Canada, labour productivity in mining fell by 2.21 per cent per year between the 2000 … Canada‟s aggregate labour productivity growth from 2000 to 2006 and an offsetting effect on the post-2000 aggregate labour …

This report aims to accomplish three objectives: provide an assessment of Canada’s productivity performance; provide a … Institute; and develop a framework for unbundling slow productivity growth in Canada and the widening productivity gap with the …

In recent decades, governments in Canada have pursued market-oriented policies at both the macro and micro levels …. Economists believe that such policies should foster productivity growth. Since 2000, however, productivity growth in Canada has … been dismal, much below that in the United States and below Canada’s historical trend. The objective of this report is to …

; the decline in Canada's relative international productivity ranking; and the widening of the Canada-US manufacturing …

Canada's labour productivity performance has been abysmal since 2000, both relative to our historical experience and to … work. Canada's potential level of "social productivity" is lower because of this situation. This is an output shortfall …