Tradable Services: Canada’s Overlooked Success Story

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Page Title:Tradable Services: Canada’s Overlooked Success Story – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Tradable Services: Canada’s Overlooked Success Story
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/tradable-services-canadas-overlooked-success-story/
Published Date:January 9, 2014
Accessed Date:February 9, 2025

While manufacturing has been struggling to recoup job losses, Canada’s tradable services sectors have been expanding, providing an increased number of well-paying jobs in Canada in the midst of tough economic times, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute.  In “Tradable Services: Canada’s Overlooked Success Story,” author Daniel Schwanen finds the relative strength of the Canadian economy has shifted towards the services side, and policy should now seek to exploit that strength.

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