11 See S. S. Poloz, “Turbulent Times for Trade,” (remarks to the Baffin Regional Chamber of  Commerce and the Nunavut Mining Symposium, Iqaluit, Nunavut, April 1, 2019). 12 See, for example, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Main  Science and Technology Indicators and IMD’s world competitiveness rankings for 2019, including profiles for Canada and other countries.
-7spending side of the economy over the past couple of quarters. It turns out that this gap can be explained in large part by the behaviour of companies in the construction and oil and gas sectors, which have been key drivers of the recent GDP slowdown.