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2019-2020 federal budget
Canadian tax alert
Implications for Canada’s competitiveness
2019 federal budget insights: How will the 2019-20 federal budget affect Canada’s competitiveness?
Deloitte’s Chief Economist, Craig Alexander, summarizes the most critical elements of Budget 2019 and assesses them from the perspective of their potential to affect business competitiveness in Canada. The eight broad dimensions of competitiveness include policies affecting talent and skills, economic stability, capital funding, customers, infrastructure, innovation, tax, and regulation.
Competitiveness is a key dimension of economic prosperity. It’s a multifaceted word, but at its core, competitiveness is about how productive and innovative an economy is and it is key to creating sustainable economic growth.
Canada’s competitiveness scorecard
Measuring our success on the global stage
Learn more about our research with the Business Council of Canada that focuses on the key dimensions of competitiveness in Canada by downloading our interactive scorecard.
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