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Canada's westward shift backed by the numbers By Phil Froats March 13, 2012

If Canada stays on its current path, the West's slice of Canada will grow by 7%. Ontario's will shrink by 5%.

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Comparing the 2011-2012 provincial deficits
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Chart: Ontario will register the biggest deficit per capita, while Newfoundland will see a similarly sized surplus.
Fewer tourism dollars coming to Canada, more going south
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More of us are going down south to spend our hard-earned cash, but fewer Americans are returning the favour.
Chart: Automotive sector still not doing so well
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It's seen worse days, but the automotive sector, often considered one of the barometers of a healthy economy, isn't exactly booming...
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Infographic: 10 tech stocks from IPO to now By Phil Froats, Trevor Melanson From  Technology  | May 17, 2012   If you'd invested $1,000 in Microsoft back in 1986, you'd have over $400,000 now. Here are nine tech stocks that have paid off—and one recent flop.
Comparing the 2011-2012 provincial deficits By Phil Froats From  Data  | March 05, 2012   Chart: Ontario will register the biggest deficit per capita, while Newfoundland will see a similarly sized surplus.
Fewer tourism dollars coming to Canada, more going south By Phil Froats From  Data  | November 25, 2011   More of us are going down south to spend our hard-earned cash, but fewer Americans are returning the favour.
Chart: Automotive sector still not doing so well By Phil Froats From  Data  | November 18, 2011   It's seen worse days, but the automotive sector, often considered one of the barometers of a healthy economy, isn't exactly booming either.
Chart: Canada's trade balance back to surplus By Phil Froats From  Data  | November 17, 2011   Prior to 2009, Canada tended to record substantial trade surpluses, but since then we've recorded a trade deficit of $17.25 billion.
Infographic: Slicing up Canada's retail food market By Phil Froats From  Data  | November 10, 2011   Domestically-owned firms dominate the food retail market in Canada, and Loblaw takes the lead.
Chart: Public sector employment growth outpacing private By Phil Froats From  Data  | November 08, 2011   Statistics Canada has reported that public sector employment has grown much more rapidly.
Walmart has reshaped Canada's retail landscape By Phil Froats From  Data  | November 01, 2011   Canada had a much richer representation of department stores 20 years ago.
Chart: More and more places to spend your money By Phil Froats From  Data  | October 24, 2011   Major home improvement stores in Canada have nearly tripled in the last decade.
Do we get less education bang for the buck? By Phil Froats From  Data  | October 13, 2011   We are spending far more per capita on education than 10 years ago, even when 50% is added to inflation.
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