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Quarterly financial reports (QFR) for departments and agencies consist of financial tables comparing planned and actual expenditures for both the quarter and year-to-date as well as comparative information for the preceding fiscal year. Each report includes spending authorities granted through...

Since 2003, the World Bank publishes the Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index aimed at measuring the regulatory efficiency and institutional quality of key processes that affect the business environment in a given economy. While highly influential, particularly in the developing world, the EDB has...

2019: This report provides a comprehensive summary of the main developments in Canada’s commercial activities during the previous year. It describes the events that took place in the global economy and trade in 2018, the main developments in Canada’s economy and those of its most important...

On September 21, 2017, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada’s most ambitious trade agreement since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), provisionally entered into force. The 27 European Union members and the United Kingdom (referred as...

This study focuses on the diversity of merchandise exports by product. Export diversity by product is important to hedge against price shocks and sector-specific drops in demand. Product diversity is also important for ensuring that a positive shock in demand or price for a given product does not...

The containment measures enacted to combat the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the factor that left heavy negative impacts on Canadian exports and other aspects of the Canadian economy in 2020. An interesting feature of the “COVID-19 downturn” is the exceptionally large month to month variation in...

Steel Import Monitoring Program Reports: Imports of certain steel products into Canada are subject to controls under Canada’s Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA).

The Royal Canadian Mint made public the report of a special examination completed by the Office of the Auditor General of Canada. The corporation’s main responsibility is to produce, distribute, and recycle Canadian coins, thereby supporting the smooth operation of the country’s economy. The...

This audit will focus on whether Fisheries and Oceans Canada obtained dependable and timely fisheries catch monitoring information, and whether the department used the information in support of its decisions to sustainably manage the harvesting of commercial marine fisheries.

This Strategy is created to fulfill the department’s obligations under the Federal Sustainable Development Act to demonstrate planned contributions to the achievement of the goals and targets set out in the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS).