Government Documents Repository
A project to capture Canadian government documents in a repository.
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- Making progress in global agricultural trade : a further update on the WTO agriculture negotiations
- abstract: This is the second update on World Trade Organization agricultural negotiations from Canada?s perspective. It discusses several aspects of current and pending talks, including the Doha Development Agenda, Canada?s objectives, geographical indications, the U.S. Farm Bill, the European Union Common Agricultural Policy, developing countries, and the Cairns Group. The booklet provides Web site addresses where more information may be obtained, as well as sites where readers can participate in consultations.
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- Making progress together : Sustainable development strategy 2007-2009
- abstract: This fourth strategy of the department focuses on the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, environmental, and social. It gives an overview of the issues that influence how the department can best green its operations. The strategy also highlights the ongoing implementation of the Agricultural Policy Framework and illustrates how the department integrates sustainable development into decision-making. In describing the department?s greening efforts, the strategy also sets out logic models with performance indicators for tracking implementation.
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- Manufacturing industries Canada Employees; Statistics; Regional economic disparities Canada; Exports Canada
- abstract: This paper measures the volatility of manufacturing employment in different Canadian regions for the period 1976-97. It first examines the structural characteristics of regional economies and relates them to their levels of employment volatility. The analysis then focuses on testing whether diversity, growth, plant size and export intensity are empirically related to volatility levels. The analysis also examines whether increases in export orientation of a region over the levels. The analysis also examines whether increases in export orientation of a region over the study period were associated with changes in industry specialization and employment volatility.