Invest in Canada » Lumber http://www.invest-in-canada.com The real facts about the Canadian Economy Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Invest in Canada sector profiles – Canada’s competitive advantages http://www.invest-in-canada.com/manufacturing/invest-in-canada-sector-profiles-%e2%80%93-canada%e2%80%99s-competitive-advantages.htm http://www.invest-in-canada.com/manufacturing/invest-in-canada-sector-profiles-%e2%80%93-canada%e2%80%99s-competitive-advantages.htm#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:14:35 +0000 NewsHound http://www.invest-in-canada.com/?p=382

Canada’s Industry Strengths

  • Advanced Manufacturing: Canada’s global share of the aerospace industry has tripled in the last 20 years, and it is the third-largest exporter of automotive products in the world.
  • Agri-food: Canada is the world’s fourth-largest exporter of agricultural products.
  • Chemicals: 10 out of 10 G7 top locations for chemicals manufacturing.
  • Enabling Technologies: The Canadian Government has established a range of institutions and initiatives to create a supportive business environment for transformative technologies.
  • ICT: The strongest growth in exports occurred in wired (+20.4%) and wireless (+16.9%) communications equipment.
  • Life Sciences: The Canadian Government plans to double research and development (R&D) investments by 2010 to make Canada one of the five most research-intensive countries in the world.
  • Plastics: Canada is the world’s fourth largest exporter of moulds and eighth largest exporter of plastics processing machinery.
  • Wood Processing: Canada is the world’s leading producer and exporter of newsprint, and the world’s largest exporter of wood pulp.
]]> http://www.invest-in-canada.com/manufacturing/invest-in-canada-sector-profiles-%e2%80%93-canada%e2%80%99s-competitive-advantages.htm/feed 0 The worst housing news in 26 years http://www.invest-in-canada.com/real-estate/the-worst-housing-news-in-26-years.htm http://www.invest-in-canada.com/real-estate/the-worst-housing-news-in-26-years.htm#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:33:36 +0000 investor http://www.invest-in-canada.com/?p=124 In the six weeks since Vicky and Mike Plover put their house in Kelowna, B.C., on the market, a so-called healthy housing correction has been turned by a crumbling economy into the worst decline in a generation.

House prices in the B.C. Interior region tumbled by 11.2 per cent last month from the previous October, the sharpest decline in the province and even worse than the national drop, which was the worst year-over-year monthly tumble in 26 years.

Ms. Plover said she remains confident the home will sell but realizes the economy is now working against her and her husband.

“Unfortunately, we were a bit late [to put the house up for sale],” Ms. Plover said Friday morning before her realtor hosted an open house, with another set for Sunday. “It’s definitely tougher than it was six months ago. And the economy this fall has made a huge difference.”

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