Entrepreneurial culture
- Along with the United States and Mexico, Canada is a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement - which makes for a single open market encompassing almost 400 million people. The benefit? Canadian trade with the United States doubled in the first five years after the free trade agreement was signed.
Continuing growth
- Canada created 1.4 million jobs in the 2000-2004 period – and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development consistently projects impressive economic growth compared with other G-8 countries.
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Export-oriented
- Some 40% of Canada's economic output is exported, and the year-round port of Vancouver has a decided focus on the huge markets of Asia.
Sound government policies
- Canada's 2000 federal government budget made it the only G-8 country with a balanced budget for three years running. Of the new expenditures, most target healthcare, research and industrial programs.
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