decades. In particular, Canada’s Aboriginal population could play a key role in mitigating the looming long-term labour … shortage caused by Canada’s aging population and low birth rate. We estimate that complete closure of both the education and …

transfers, mostly in the form of EI and social assistance, and lower health expenditures. Based on results from the 2007 …

The objectives of this report are to examine the characteristics of manufacturing in Atlantic Canada and to shed light … on the factors behind the productivity gap between Atlantic Canada and Canada in the context of the manufacturing sector …. A number of possible factors contributing to the Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap are examined …

policy”. Based on his examination of Canada’s pension and health-care systems, Robson makes a number of recommendations … survey of the state of Canadian economic policy in the areas of pensions and health care. He argues that it is appropriate to … reduce the double-taxation of saving. The main elements of public policy related to pensions in Canada cover these pillars …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … Economic Performance and Social Progress is to attempt to fill, at least in part, the lacuna in the literature in Canada on … trends in Canada and OECD countries. The two papers in the second section examine the impact productivity has on government …

This paper develops an Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) for the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia …