This report is the result of a team effort that included Mahmood Iqbal, who performed the data analysis and provided content support, Dan Lemaire, who helped carry out the survey and interviews, and Hugh Williams, who did the initial analysis. We would also like to recognize the contributions of Someshwar Rao of Industry Canada, Ash Ahmad of Investment Partnerships Canada, Glen Hodgson of Export Development Corporation, and Paul Darby and Lisa Nadeau, both of the Conference Board. Their excellent suggestions added greatly to the final report. We would also like to thank Jane Whitney for editing this report.

The Conference Board of Canada is grateful to the sponsors of The Canada Project, who made this report possible:

Lead Sponsor: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Apotex Inc.
ATB Financial
Banque Nationale du Canada
BCE Inc.
Bombardier Transportation
CGI Group Inc.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
DuPont Canada Inc.
EnCana Corporation
Ernst & Young LLP
General Electric Canada
George Weston Limited

Harris Steel Group Inc.
IBM Canada Ltd.
Imperial Oil Limited
Lafarge Canada Inc.
Le Groupe Canam Manac Inc.
Manulife Financial Corporation
Mercer Delta Consulting Limited
Microsoft Canada Co.
Power Corporation of Canada
Pratt & Whitney Canada
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
RBC Financial Group

SaskEnergy Incorporated Scotiabank
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada
TELUS Corporation
The Co-operators Group Limited
TransAlta Corporation
UBS Global Asset Management
UBS Securities Canada Inc.
Unilever Canada Inc.
Xerox Canada Ltd.

We are also grateful to Investment Partnerships Canada for their contribution to this project.