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1. Muskrat Falls project illustrates problem with public ownership of large-scale projects

   Government officials face very different incentives than people in the private sector. ...

2. Industry-Level Private Sector Capital Expenditures in Canada: 1990-2019

   Recent concerns about Canada’s industrial competitiveness compared to that in other developed countries, particularly the US, have focused on declines in private sector capital expenditures, especially in asset categories such as machinery and ...

3. Private Sector Capital Expenditures in Canada: An Industry-Level Analysis

   There has been much debate recently about Canada’s industrial competitiveness compared to other developed countries, particularly the US. In particular, concerns have been raised about recent declines in private sector capital expenditures, especially in ...

4. U.S. budget deficit: What it means for Canada?

   The U.S. Treasury Department recently announced that the U.S. government ran a deficit of US$461 billion from October 2015 to March 2016—up almost five per cent from the first half of fiscal 2015. This represents the first increase in ...