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2. OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2012
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Canada weathered the global economic crisis well, mainly reflecting sustained growth in domestic pending, and the economy is continuing to grow despite the persistence of international turbulence, most recently stemming from the euro zone sovereign debt crisis. In Canada's case, several factors are acting in its favour. Federal fiscal plans are seen by markets as credible, favouring low borrowing costs. The banking system is sound and required no taxpayer bailouts during the 2008-09 crisis. Comparatively strong growth among emerging market economies has shifted global purchasing power to commodity exporters like Canada via both higher export prices and stronger currencies. Nevertheless, uncertainty regarding the global situation and risk-averse financial markets are a drag on business confidence and investment, while prolonged low interest rates could push mortgage-debt and house prices higher from already elevated levels, at least in some large cities. Canada enjoys strong institutions and policy credibility, but for many years its economic growth has relied mainly on increasing labour and capital inputs. By contrast, growth of multi-factor productivity (MFP) has been weak and declined further in the past decade. Innovation indicators such as business R&D and patenting rates are poor. Boosting innovation is an important and well established way of raising MFP growth, which is in turn needed to sustain rising living standards, especially as the population ages. The overarching theme of this "Survey" is improving the policy framework for innovation, including in particular by strengthening the role of the tertiary education sector. Chapter 1 considers how to raise business innovation and concludes that increased service-sector competition and better design of public support, including less reliance on tax credits, would help. Chapter 2 considers policies to expand the supply of highly skilled workers and enhance the performance of Canada's many tertiary education institutions to better meet the economy's skill needs for innovation and growth. (Contains 48 figures, 10 tables, and 15 boxes.) [This paper was featured in "The OECD 2012 Economic Survey of Canada and the Relationship between Higher Education and Productivity," "College Quarterly," Volume 15, Number 2, Spring 2012. To access this report, see EJ979426.]
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- 2012
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3. A Health-Based Case against Canadian Arms Transfers to Saudi Arabia.
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FERGUSON, RHONDA and JAMAL, ZARLASHT
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HUMAN rights ,WEAPON laws ,INTERNATIONAL relations -- Law & legislation ,BUSINESS ,COALITIONS ,DECISION making ,MEDICAL care ,PUBLIC administration ,PUBLIC health ,RISK assessment ,WORLD health - Abstract
Under the Arms Trade Treaty, state parties must assess the extent to which the export of conventional arms might contribute to, inter alia, serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law. The stated aims of Canada's arms export licensing decision-making process are, similarly, to assess such risks on a case-by-case basis. This paper examines Canada's ongoing arms transfer arrangements with Saudi Arabia in light of health-related international humanitarian and human rights law considerations enumerated in the Arms Trade Treaty. It assesses available information suggesting serious violations that implicate acts of commission by the Saudi-led coalition in the conflict in Yemen. The article centers on questions about the potential health-related consequences of Canadian-made, Saudi-coalitionused arms for people in Yemen and how risks are being assessed in export decision-making processes. Ultimately, it argues that Canada is failing to meaningfully take into account the possible negative impacts of its arms exports on people's health and health care in Yemen. It counters the government's approach to risk, which it argues is serviceable to exporter interests, with a health-based precautionary approach to exports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
4. Return on investment of Canadian tobacco control policies implemented between 2001 and 2016.
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Tarride, Jean-Eric, Blackhouse, Gord, Guindon, G. Emmanuel, Chaiton, Michael O., Planinac, Lynn, and Schwartz, Robert
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HEALTH policy ,INVESTMENTS ,TAXATION ,LIFE expectancy ,PUBLIC health ,MEDICAL care costs ,COST benefit analysis ,GOVERNMENT policy ,BUSINESS ,RESEARCH funding ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,PROFIT ,TOBACCO - Published
- 2023
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5. Tobacco companies' efforts to undermine ingredient disclosure: the Massachusetts benchmark study.
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Velicer, Clayton, Aguinaga-Bialous, Stella, and Glantz, Stanton
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LABELS ,BENCHMARKING (Management) ,BUSINESS ,INDUSTRIES ,LEGISLATION ,PUBLIC health ,TOBACCO - Published
- 2016
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6. Assessing the validity of commercial and municipal food environment data sets in Vancouver, Canada.
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Daepp, Madeleine I. G., Black, Jennifer, and Daepp, Madeleine Ig
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BIG data ,PUBLIC health ,FOOD industry ,RETAIL industry ,STATISTICAL correlation ,BUSINESS ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DATABASES ,DIET ,ECOLOGY ,FOOD service ,FOOD supply ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,METROPOLITAN areas ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH evaluation ,SCHOOLS ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,EVALUATION research ,PREDICTIVE tests - Abstract
Objective: The present study assessed systematic bias and the effects of data set error on the validity of food environment measures in two municipal and two commercial secondary data sets.Design: Sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV) and concordance were calculated by comparing two municipal and two commercial secondary data sets with ground-truthed data collected within 800 m buffers surrounding twenty-six schools. Logistic regression examined associations of sensitivity and PPV with commercial density and neighbourhood socio-economic deprivation. Kendall's τ estimated correlations between density and proximity of food outlets near schools constructed with secondary data sets v. ground-truthed data.Setting: Vancouver, Canada.Subjects: Food retailers located within 800 m of twenty-six schools RESULTS: All data sets scored relatively poorly across validity measures, although, overall, municipal data sets had higher levels of validity than did commercial data sets. Food outlets were more likely to be missing from municipal health inspections lists and commercial data sets in neighbourhoods with higher commercial density. Still, both proximity and density measures constructed from all secondary data sets were highly correlated (Kendall's τ>0·70) with measures constructed from ground-truthed data.Conclusions: Despite relatively low levels of validity in all secondary data sets examined, food environment measures constructed from secondary data sets remained highly correlated with ground-truthed data. Findings suggest that secondary data sets can be used to measure the food environment, although estimates should be treated with caution in areas with high commercial density. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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7. IN THE WOODS.
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MOULTON, DONA LEE
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BUSINESS ,EMERGENCY management ,EMPLOYEE orientation ,FIREFIGHTING ,FIRE fighters ,GREENHOUSE effect ,HEALTH services administration ,HOSPITAL emergency services ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,INDUSTRIAL safety ,PUBLIC health ,RESCUE work ,RISK assessment ,SEASONS ,OCCUPATIONAL hazards ,REGULATORY approval - Published
- 2018
8. Nutrition marketing on processed food packages in Canada: 2010 Food Label Information Program.
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Schermel, Alyssa, Emrich, Teri E., Arcand, Joanne, Wong, Christina L., and L'abbé, Mary R.
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MARKETING ,BUSINESS ,FOOD labeling ,FOOD packaging ,NUTRITION ,RESEARCH funding ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
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- 2013
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