From Chronic to Acute: Canada’s Investment Crisis

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Page Title:From Chronic to Acute: Canada’s Investment Crisis – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:From Chronic to Acute: Canada’s Investment Crisis
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/chronic-acute-canadas-investment-crisis/
Published Date:February 4, 2021
Accessed Date:February 14, 2025

Canada Badly Lags US, OECD in Business Investment

  • After improving against international competitors during the 2000s and early in the 2010s, business investment in Canada has slipped badly, lagging investment in the United States and other advanced economies.
  • New investment per available worker in Canada in 2020 was about 58 cents for every dollar of investment per worker in the United States – lower than at any point since the beginning of the 1990s.
  • Canadian policymakers can help improve Canada’s investment performance through infrastructure investments, lower and less distorting taxes, and incentives oriented toward growth and competition at home and abroad.

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