Note: The complete conference program and registration information are posted on the website of the Canadian Economics Association at www.economics.ca/2011/en/. (as of May 17, 2011) Session 1: New Insights into Productivity Growth in Canada Saturday, June 4, 8:30-10:00 AM Chair: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) Papers: Michael-John Almon (Industry Canada) and Jianmin Tang (Industry Canada) "Industry Structure and Economic Growth: A Canada-U.S. Comparison" Ricardo De Avillez (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) "The Paradoxical Nature of Productivity Growth in the Canadian Agriculture Sector" Christopher Ross (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) "An Analysis of the Productivity Performance of the Canadian Food Processing Sector" Discussants: Richard G. Harris (Simon Fraser University) Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia) Serge Nadeau (University of Ottawa) Session 2: What Explains the Growing Canada-US Productivity Gap? Saturday, June 4, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Chair: Ian Stewart (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) Panelists: Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) Jim Milway (Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity) Larry Shute (Industry Canada) Ben Tomlin (Bank of Canada) Session 3: Selected Papers from the Ian Stewart Festschrift New Directions for Intelligent Government in Canada Saturday, June 4, 2:00-3:30 PM Chair: Fred Gorbet Papers: Munir Sheikh (Carleton University and Queen’s University) "Good Data and Intelligent Government" John Helliwell (University of British Columbia and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) "How Can Subjective Well-being be Improved?" Pierre Fortin (UQAM) "Income Support in the Canadian Federation" Session 4: New Measures of Well-being for Canada Sunday, June 5, 9:00-10:30 AM Chair: Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) Papers: Elspeth Hazell (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) "The Human Development Index in Canada: Estimates for the Canadian Provinces, 1990-2010" Hans Messinger (Statistics Canada) and Bryan Smale (University of Waterloo) "An Overview of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing" Erik Johnson (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) "An Analysis of the Inequality of Happiness in Canada" Discussants: Michael McCracken (Informetrica) Michael Wolfson (University of Ottawa) Christopher Barrington-Leigh (University of British Columbia)