OTHER REPORTS IN THE NEWS

"A land of immigrants, Canada must now deal with its emigrants; Canada stands to fall behind countries that are actively courting their diaspora communities unless it confronts a long-established ambivalence to citizens living beyond its borders." [Globe & Mail]
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
(June 2011) Canadians Abroad: Canada's Global Asset - Access PDF

"Edward Iacobucci... thoroughly debunks the CIPC claims, predicting increased consumer costs and noting that there is little evidence the changes would increase employment or research spending." [Michael Geist]
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
(Jan 2011) Innovation for a Better Tomorrow: Closing Canada's Intellectual Property Gap in the Pharmaceutical Sector (français) - Access PDF - Accéder PDF

"What would Canada lose if the government privatized the CBC? At least $1.3-billion in economic activity." [Globe & Mail]
CBC/Radio-Canada

"The federal government cancelled the long-form census with little heed to the consequences of its decision... An essay by former chief statistician Munir Sheikh says the census decision has shaken Statistics Canada's neutrality and independence, and put at risk the government's own work in many areas." [Toronto Star]
Centre for the Study of Living Standards

"Canadians consulted on a controversial border security deal still in the works with the United States aren't sold on boosting collaboration between the two countries' law-enforcement officials." [Globe & Mail]
Government of Canada
"'Andy Leslie has produced an extraordinary report that gives a 360 degree look at the Canadian Forces,' Natynczyk said... Leslie's report calls for cuts on the bureaucratic side of DND, trimming jobs at headquarters and reallocating resources in order to reduce overhead costs." [CBC News]
National Defence and the Canadian Forces
(Sept 2011) Report on Transformation 2011 (français) - Access PDF - Accéder PDF

"Canada has declined over the past two years on the majority of innovation benchmarks." [Michael Geist]
Science, Technology and Innovation Council
(Jun 2011) State of the Nation 2010 - Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation System: Imagination to Innovation: Building Canadian Paths to Prosperity (français) - Access PDF Accéder PDF
"Vancouver police and city officials should have been better prepared for the massive crowds that flooded downtown for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final." [Vancouver Sun]
