CANADA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS.

This paper is a review of the Final Report and supporting monographs that are the published product of the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects. The task of the Commission, in the language of the relevant Privy Council order of June 1955, was to inquire into and report upon the long-term prospects of the Canadian economy, that is to say, upon the probable economic development of Canada and the problems to which such development appears likely to give rise. The order then lists without limiting the generality of the foregoing, specific topics, to wit: first, developments in the supply of raw materials and energy sources; second, the growth to be expected in the population of Canada and the changes in its distribution; third, prospects for growth and change in domestic and external markets for Canadian productions; fourth, trends in productivity and standards of living; and fifth, prospective requirements for industrial and social capital.