Ottawa's Next Agenda

Topics covered in this report include a review of the recent history of the Canadian and world economy as a prologue to the 1990s with a focus on the 1984 agenda. It also includes future forecasts analyzed by means of determining forces of change in the world economy such as the environment, technology, and demographics. In addition, it presents the next agenda covering fiscal and monetary policies, tax and social policies, trade, structural policies, and the relationship of the economic policy to the environment. It supplies conclusions and recommendations.