Institute releases Report on Canada 2009, Opportunity in the turmoil

Despite public concerns about the current economic slowdown, Canadians have an opportunity to build our future prosperity by ensuring we keep a balanced perspective on short-term and long-term challenges. Opportunity in the turmoil argues that this is the time for attitudes of openness and expansion. While other countries, most notably the United States seem to be taking a more insular and protectionist approach, Canada has to be open to foreign investment, global trade, and talented immigrants so that we can approach the eventual economic recovery in a relatively stronger position.

Institute releases Working Paper 12, Management matters

To achieve our full economic potential in Ontario and Canada, we need strong management talent to drive innovation and develop world-beating strategies. While new evidence indicates that we are among the world’s leaders in our management talent; it also shows that our managers could do better. This is one of the key conclusions of the Working Paper, Management matters, released today by the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity. The Working Paper features recent research done by the Institute on the quality of management in Canada’s and Ontario’s manufacturing sector in comparison to other developed and developing economies. It also presents new research on the impact of management on regional and national prosperity.

Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress releases Seventh Annual Report

Ontarians need to lean into the wind of current economic turbulence to maintain focus on achieving our future prosperity potential

November 25, 2008
As Ontario and the rest of the world head into significant economic headwinds, Ontarians need to address our current challenges, through belt tightening and retreating from initiatives that are not working. But, this is not the time for attitudes that encourage insularity and the preservation of the status quo. Investing in Ontario’s future prosperity has to be an important part of our reaction to the current economic climate. This is the key conclusion from the Seventh Annual Report, Leaning into the wind, released today by the Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress at the Canadian Business Outlook 2009 Conference.

Canada competitiveness ranking up three spots

World Economic Forum rankings indicate major improvement opportunity in the area of business sophistication and innovation, says Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity

October 8th, 2008
In the “Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009” released today by the World Economic Forum, whose Canadian partner is the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity, results for Canada over 2007 were positive. Canada moved up from 13th in 2007 to 10th in 2008 on the Forum’s “Global Competitiveness Index.”

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Institute releases Working Paper 11, Flourishing in the global competitiveness game

September 18, 2008
Hollowing out will only become a threat if businesses do not pursue innovative strategies and governments lack inspired policies that will raise our global competitiveness. That is the key conclusion of the Institute’s Working Paper 11, Flourishing in the global competitiveness game, released today by the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity. The Working Paper presents research on the economic impact of head offices and the potential benefit of a national champions policy conducted on behalf of the Competition Policy Review Panel whose report Compete to Win earlier this summer.

Institute releases Report on Canada 2008, Setting our sights on Canada’s 2020 Prosperity Agenda

April 1, 2008
Despite some concerns about an economic slowdown, Canadians have excellent opportunities to redouble their efforts at tackling a long-term Prosperity Agenda to reach our economic potential by 2020.

Canada has one of the most prosperous and competitive economies in the world. But we are not living up to our full economic potential that would increase well being for ourselves and future generations. The Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity, in its fifth Report on Canada, Setting our sights on Canada’s 2020 Prosperity Agenda, released today, proposes the 2020 Prosperity Agenda as a way of contributing to the national discussion on realizing our prosperity potential.
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Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress releases Sixth Annual Report

Ontarians need to overcome complacency and act now to achieve future prosperity potential

November 19, 2007
As Ontario’s Government begins its new mandate, it has a great opportunity to redouble its efforts at tackling a Prosperity Agenda to reach Ontario’s economic potential by 2020. Ontario is one of the most prosperous and competitive jurisdictions in the world, especially among those outside North America. But we’re not living up to our full potential, and Ontarians need to shift their attitude from a collective complacency to a shared determination to achieve this potential. The Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress in its Sixth Annual Report, Path to the 2020 Prosperity Agenda, released today at the Canadian Business Outlook 2008 Conference, proposes the 2020 Prosperity Agenda as a way of invigorating the debate.

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