CSLS-Industry Canada Conference on Canada in the 21st Century: A Time for Vision

As a new millennium approached, Industry Canada asked a group of experts to provide their vision for Canada in the twenty-first century on a number of important issues. The authors first identified major historical trends and developed scenarios to illustrate how trends in their areas might unfold over the following ten to fifteen years, then identified the medium-term consequences for the Canadian economy. Topics covered include global economic trends, international economic relationships, demographic developments, investment and innovation, productivity and living standards, environmental quality, labour market issues, and business and government responses to economic challenges. Several of the commissioned studies were issued as numbered papers in Industry Canada’s Canada in the 21st Century research series, in both official languages.