Canada’s Living Standards ‘Languishing’ Behind U.S. as Gap in Economic Performance Widens: Study

Canada’s Living-Standards Gap with US Has More Than Doubled This Century, Accelerating Since 2014

Canadian and American flags fly near Ambassador Bridge at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in Windsor, Ont., on March 21, 2020. (The Canadian Press/Rob Gurdebeke)

Canada's living standards 'languishing' behind U.S. as gap in economic performance widens: study

Canada's economic performance has fallen further behind that of the U.S. over the past quarter century, with the gap in GDP per person more than doubling and the Americans pulling ahead on incomes, employment, investment and productivity.

Canada’s living standards ‘languishing’ behind U.S. as gap in economic performance widens: study

Canada’s economic performance has fallen further behind that of the U.S. over the past quarter century, with the gap in GDP per person more than doubling and the Americans pulling ahead on incomes, employment, investment and productivity. That’s according to a new study published by the Fraser Institute , which found that, in 1999, inflation-adjusted […] The post Canada’s living standards ‘languishing’ behind U.S. as gap in economic performance …