Oil extraction

Canada's Oil Extraction Industry

Higher prices and production will drive a rebound in the oil extraction industry's profits this year

Research Topics

Economic Trends

Housing Starts

17 of 27 CMAs now have both positive short-term and long-term expectations

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Dollar Volatility

Manufacturing, along with the mining and oil and gas industries most likely to weather a volatile dollar

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Organizational Performance

Beyond Benefits

Canadian organizations are at different stages in development of health and wellness programs

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Benefits Benchmarking

Rising benefit costs challenge employers to balance attractive programs with affordability

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Public Policy

Freight Trucks and Climate Change Policy

North America-wide solution is needed to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions from freight trucks

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Re-Energizing Canada’s International Trade

Canada needs a new trade strategy for a post-recession era

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  1. Provincial Outlook Economic Forecast: Winter 2010
  2. Dollar Volatility: Who Should Care?
  3. Canada’s Oil Extraction Industry: Industrial Outlook Winter 2010
  4. Public Sector Human Resources 2010: Building Capability for Future Challenges
  5. Freight Trucks and Climate Change Policy: Mitigating CO2 Emissions

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Healthcare Enterprise Risk Management: Bringing ERM to Life

Mar 24-25 | Toronto

2010 Summit on the Future of Pensions

Apr 13-14 | Toronto

Public Sector Executive Weekend Conference

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57th Executive Weekend Conference

Apr 22-24 | Banff

Economic Data

Recent Data Releases

Home Sales Canada

Feb 10, CREA

42,799

Unemployment Rate

Feb 10, CANSIM

8.2%

Housing Starts

Feb 10, CMHC

196,700

Real GDP Canada

Q4 09, CANSIM

1.2%

Help Wanted Index

Jan 10, CBoC

89.1

Consumer Confidence

Jan 10, CBoC

88.2

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Commentary
Health Care

Balancing on a High Wire: How Will the Provinces Deal With Health Care?

Matthew Stewart | Mar 15, 2010
China's Challenge to Canadian Exporters

Post-Recession Trade Policy Needed Now

Glen Hodgson | Mar 9, 2010
2010 Federal Budget

2010 Federal Budget Briefing

Sabrina Browarski, Matthew Stewart, Paul M. Darby | Mar 5, 2010

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Did you know . . .

. . . though many believe that manufacturing industries are the most sensitive to exchange rate movements, services industries may be more exposed to the dollar.

Benefits Benchmarking

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The Directors College

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John Ryan, President and Acting CEO of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, is the 2010 winner of the Gil Bennett Gold Standard Award presented by The Directors College

Did you know . . .

. . . Each dollar of real public infrastructure spending generates $1.11 in real GDP. If not for infrastructure investments, 70,000 more people would have lost their jobs in 2009 as a result of the economic downturn.

Lessons From the Recession

Lessons From the Recession