Publications

Conference Board of Canada

How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada

A failure to innovate results in poor grades on Canada’s Report Card. How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada benchmarks Canada’s performance against the best countries in the world.

Mission Possible: Sustainable Prosperity for Canada

The Canada Project’s final report, Mission Possible: Sustainable Prosperity for Canada, makes the case that to achieve sustainable prosperity, Canada must excel on three fronts: in the global economy, in our resource sectors and in our cities.

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Final Report: Beyond Freefall: Halting Rural Poverty (June 2008)

Community Futures Highlights, Final Report: Beyond Freefall: Halting Rural Poverty, pages 297 - 301 (June 2008)

Interim Report: Understanding Freefall: The Challenge of the Rural Poor (December 2006)

BC Statistics

A joint product of BC Stats, the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue, Small Business BC and Western Economic Diversification Canada, this annual publication provides a profile of BC's small businesses, including number of businesses, employment and GDP.

Small Business Profile 2007: Small Business in British Columbia

The Small Business Quarterly presents a wide range of statistics of interest and relevance to the small business sector, covering such topics as self-employment, bankruptcies, and business conditions.