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  Conference Board of Canada: Privacy Policy
The Conference Board will identify to an individual the purposes for which personal information is collected at or before the time the information is collected.
In limited circumstances, the Conference Board may use or disclose personal information without the knowledge or consent of the individual, for example, for purposes of debt collection, breaches of agreements, as required by governmental bodies acting with authority, or as authorized or required by applicable legislation.
The Conference Board of Canada sometimes uses the services of external firms to assist us in communicating with individuals (e.g., surveys and mail distribution) or as a means of providing more effective and efficient services to these individuals (e.g., technology support).
www.conferenceboard.ca /privacy_policy.htm   (1500 words)

  
  Response to Conference Board of Canada Report on Vertical Fiscal Imbalance
The provincial and territorial Ministers of Finance commissioned the Conference Board of Canada to produce 20-year fiscal projections for the federal government and the aggregate of the provinces and territories.
The Conference Board report defines vertical fiscal imbalance as a situation where “the distribution of revenue resources between the federal and provincial/territorial orders of government is inconsistent with the cost of meeting their respective constitutional spending responsibilities” (p.
The Conference Board made the key assumption that the federal government will not introduce any new tax cuts or spending measures for the next 20 years, with all surpluses being earmarked exclusively for debt reduction.
www.fin.gc.ca /toce/2002/cbcrvfi_e.html   (780 words)

  
 Canadian e-Business Information: Canada Continues to be a Global Leader on Connectedness: Conference Board of Canada
Canada is a global leader in the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) — second only to the U.S. Four sectors in particular benefit from Canada’s strength in connectedness — health, education and learning, business, and government.
"Canada is clearly connected, for example, we ranked first in the index for on-line banking, government on-line services, and broadband penetration, " said Brian Guthrie, Director, Innovation and Knowledge Management at the Conference Board.
The Conference Board of Canada was formed in 1954, and is affiliated with The Conference Board, Inc. that serves some 3,000 companies in 67 nations.
www.insurance-canada.ca /ebusiness/canada/CBoC200208.php   (600 words)

  
 report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Conference Board of Canada Empowerment is not just about giving power; it is about changing the conditions under which employees perform their jobs.
Conference Board of Canada The use of teams is emerging as an important response to competitive pressures.
Conference Board of Canada New demands are being placed on public sector organizations to deliver services that meet the needs of their diverse sets of customers.
www.qca.org /Report.htm   (1348 words)

  
 Canadian Marketing Information: Canada Still Holds Second Place in Connectedness Index -- But Slipping: Conference ...
Canada now shares second place with Sweden and other countries such as Finland, the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany are also closing the gap.
Canada leads in one subcategory, price, because Canadian charges for Internet access, phone connections, local and long-distance calls are low.
Canada's performance on various Internet access indicators has dropped relative to other countries in the Index and a digital divide persists in favour of younger, better-educated and urbanized Canadians.
www.insurance-canada.ca /market/canada/CBOCConnect405.php   (510 words)

  
 Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resoures Library - Conference Board of Canada
Electronic Access to Conference Board of Canada Reports on HR and IR Issues
The Library at the CIRHR offers electronic access to all Conference Board of Canada publications since 1998 under the Human Resource Management theme (defined to include labour relations too).
Each time you log-on to the e-Library, it is to the whole universe of Conference Board of Canada documents.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /cir/library/confboardcanada.html   (309 words)

  
 Remarks to the Conference Board of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Conference Board's own report, Performance and Potential 2001-2002, states that "there is little to suggest that the pace of the use of technology at work will slow over the next 10 years.
It is imperative that Canada be competitive in this new order, not just in training and skills education, but in exploring the frontiers of knowledge and applying the results of advanced research in innovative ways that will bolster our economy.
Canada already has a number of outstanding universities of which we can be justly proud, mine among them, but even the best of them are not yet at the level where I believe that they ought to be.
www.utoronto.ca /president/220102.htm   (1208 words)

  
 Conference Board of Canada Delivers Positive Forecast for Nunavut's Economy - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Conference Board's forecast for Nunavut extends to 2020, with the fastest growth expected in the first ten years.
Measuring the value of the Nunavut's economy was a challenge for the Conference Board, as land-based, traditional economic activity often is not recorded yet remains integral to the social and cultural values of Inuit, and to their livelihoods.
The Conference Board report indicates that economic growth is dependent on addressing four key areas: physical infrastructure, human resource development, natural capital, and social capital.
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /nr/prs/m-a2001/2-01160_e.html   (499 words)

  
 APEC Economic Integration Program - About the Canadian Executing Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) and The Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade (EC) have joined together for the implementation of the APEC EIP Project.
CBoC is acting as the project manager/lead agency and contact point for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) while EC will provide technical expertise in WTO and technical issues associated with WTO including WTO and agriculture, GATS (financial services), trade facilitation and customs administration.
CBoC works in 12 knowledge areas, namely: trade, investment policy and international co-operation; corporate finance and risk management; economic performance and trends; governance and corporate social responsibility; education and learning; health economics and wellness; human resources management; innovation; knowledge management and e-business; leadership development; organizational excellence; regulatory policy and taxation.
www.apec-eip.ca /aboutcboc.htm   (596 words)

  
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 Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
Canada was the idealist's end of Empire -- a people united in reconciliation, a colony emancipated, a wilderness civilized, the principles of parliamentary democracy transferred in triumphant vindication from an ancient capital to a new.
To live in Canada, to live as a Canadian, is to experience multiple loyalties and in some measure to inhabit different spheres of identity.
In January 1996, Lucien Bouchard, the newly-installed sovereigntist premier of Quebec, declared that "Canada is not a real country." This rhetorical statement outraged other constituencies of the Canadian mosaic and brought to the surface overt expressions of nationalism that generally appear only in moments of crisis and celebration.
www.iccs-ciec.ca /blackwell.html   (8517 words)

  
 Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Conference Board of Canada is the granddaddy of Canadian think-tanks.
Where the Conference Board was once seen to be aloof from the public policy realm, today it isn't hesitating to jump into the policy fray.
With more than 200 staff, $30 million in revenues and 12,000 reports available for download from its website, the Conference Board remains a vital source of economic data for government, business, labour and researchers, and by the sheer volume of its work, a policy force that can't be ignored.
www.canada.com /calgary/calgaryherald/news/opinion/thinktanks/story.html?id=b87614bb-4981-46eb-b047-910116de531a   (727 words)

  
 Mayor DeCicco Addresses Conference Board of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As mentioned in the Mayor’s 2003 State of the City Address to the London Chamber of Commerce in January, The Conference Board of Canada has identified London as one of the country’s fastest growing economies this year.
As Canada’s 10th largest city and the regional hub for Southwestern Ontario, London’s strategic plan is clear, with economic development and quality of life as the two underlying principles.
This is a proud moment for London and this special recognition by the Conference Board of Canada helps to put London on the map, as a great place to live, to work and to visit.
www.london.ca /Mainpage/news_mayor_april7.htm   (220 words)

  
 McGill University Libraries - Complete Database List - "Database Name"
The Conference Board of Canada is an independent, not-for-profit, applied research organization.
The Conference Board of Canada was formed in 1954, and is affiliated with The Conference Board, Inc. (U.S.) that serves some 3,000 companies in 67 nations.
It contains all of the Conference Board's periodical publications, research reports, economic studies as well as special reports and presentations by Conference Board staff.
www.library.mcgill.ca /manage/publications/boardwise.html   (179 words)

  
 About the Conference Board of Canada
Independent from, but affiliated with, The Conference Board, Inc. of New York, which serves some 2,500 companies in 60 nations and has offices in Brussels and Hong Kong.
Our Mission: The Conference Board builds leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy and organizational performance.
Le Conference Board du Canada: un aperçu (pdf)
www.conferenceboard.ca /who.htm   (181 words)

  
 The Conference Board of Canada - Page 1
The results of the Conference Board's study, The Economic Benefits of Improving Literacy Skills in the Workplace, demonstrate that there are clear economic benefits for both employers and employees in improving workplace literacy.
The findings contained in this Conference Briefing and in the forthcoming research report, to be released in summer 1997, show that employers enhance the performance of their businesses in a wide variety of ways that strengthen the bottom line, and employees are better able to succeed in the workplace when their literacy skills improve.
Canada has traditionally enjoyed a comparative advantage in workforce skins over many of its competitors.
www.nald.ca /fulltext/economic/p1.htm   (521 words)

  
 Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat - News Release Ref: 850-087/007   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
HALIFAX, August 1st, 2002 — Provincial and Territorial Premiers today released an independent study conducted by the Conference Board of Canada that confirms the existence of a large and growing fiscal imbalance in Canada between the federal government and the provinces and territories.
Based on a projection of federal and provincial/territorial revenues and expenditures over the next 20 years, the Conference Board of Canada concludes that fiscal imbalance “definitely” exists in Canada and is going to “widen in the future”.
The report prepared by the Conference Board is consistent with the results released recently by Statistics Canada showing that higher social spending by provincial/territorial governments comes at the same time the federal government has been reducing its expenditures.
www.scics.gc.ca /cinfo02/850087007_e.html   (347 words)

  
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 Kevin Francis, CenterBeam CEO and President, Addresses Conference Board of Canada
National Summit on Leadership
In describing Francis, the Conference Board wrote, “Kevin Francis exemplifies how to meet turbulent times with decisive leadership, a deep understanding that ‘business as usual’ is a path to certain extinction, and the knowledge that time of change creates unheralded opportunities.”
Prior to Accelio, Francis was chairman, president and CEO of Xerox Canada.
The Conference Board of Canada’s “National Summit on Leadership” brings together leaders from across the country to discuss the leadership challenge and the steps required to build capacity in Canada.
www.centerbeam.com /news_room/press_releases/stories/PRKfranciscanada.html   (475 words)

  
 cric.ca - Le portail du Canada - Guide éclair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Le Canada n'est pas à court d'études sur l'état des finances publiques ni sur la façon de mieux répartir les revenus parmi les divers paliers de gouvernement.
Déséquilibre fiscal préparée par le Conference Board du Canada, juillet 2002.
Canada's system of federal-provincial transfers is broken and needs fundamental reform, argues a C.D. Howe Institute Commentary that is critical of the existing equalization and Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) programs.
www.cric.ca /fr_html/guide/equalization/equalization.html   (1222 words)

  
 Globalization, Terrorism and the World Economy - Speech by the Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance for Canada, ...
Speech by the Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance for Canada, at a luncheon organized by the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee and The Conference Board of Canada
Indeed, it is in the long shadow of those terrible acts that Canada will, later today and through the weekend, play host to the G-20 as well as the meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Development Committee of the IMF and the World Bank.
In this respect, Canada has advocated the development of new structures and sinews that would permit the world’s economy to better serve the interests of the world’s people — all the world’s people.
www.fin.gc.ca /news01/01-105e.html   (2949 words)

  
 About IAEA: IAEA Board of Governor
The Board of Governors is composed of 35 Member States, as designated and elected by the General Conference.
At its meetings, the Board examines and makes recommendations to the General Conference on the IAEA's accounts, programme, and budget and considers applications for membership.
The Chair of the Board of Governors for 2004-2005 is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative from Canada, Ms Ingrid Hall.
www.iaea.or.at /About/Policy/Board/index.html   (171 words)

  
 Supporting Small Business Innovation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This study will eventually be replaced by the work done by Industry Canada and Statistics Canada under the Financing Data Initiative, which will look at supply of and demand for SME financing in Canada.
Overall, the Conference Board research showed that amounts outstanding in the SME debt financing market continue to grow, from $88.1 billion in 1994 to $115.6 billion at the end of 1998.
The Conference Board suggests that the lack of growth in demand during the period is due to sustained economic growth that has allowed companies to build at a steady pace and develop more balanced capital structures.
icnet.ic.gc.ca /cmb/pub/bdc/English/HTML/App-3-1_e.htm   (468 words)

  
 CCOVI partnership receives national award from Conference Board of Canada
This Conference Board of Canada award is for Brock’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI).
The CCOVI partners have won one of two national awards in the Conference Board of Canada’s 1999-2000 National Partners in Education Awards.
Its roles are to pursue the groundbreaking research and leading-edge technologies necessary to maintain and enhance the competitive position of Canada’s grape growers, vintners and related professionals, and to foster partnerships and collaboration efforts between these groups and worldwide academic community.
www.brocku.ca /newsevents/news/150.html   (532 words)

  
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