From Living Well to Working Well: Raising Canada's Performance in Non-residential Investment

Investment in plant and equipment per worker by Canadian businesses is picking up relative to counterparts elsewhere after years of underperformance. Canada’s relative improvement owes much to outperformance by resource-rich provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador being the most recent star, while Onta...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Dachis, William B.P. Robson
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Online Access:http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/e-brief_137.pdf
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