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¡ñ History
¡ñ The
Canada-US Free Trade Agreement
¡ñ Natural
Resources
¡ñ Agriculture
¡ñ Manufacturing
Industries
¡ñ Service
Industries
¡ñ Canada's
Place in the World Economy
Service Industries
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A Canadian Doctor
Caring for a Patient
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 The
service sector of the Canadian economy includes things like banking,
health care, construction, communications, education, tourism and
government. As is the case in other industrialised countries, more
Canadians now provide services than make things: over 70 per cent
of working Canadians have jobs in the service sector. Even in Ontario,
the manufacturing heartland of the country, more workers are employed
in hospitals than in the automobile industry; and more people work
in universities and colleges than in iron and steel mills.
Canada
has seen the export of services as being important to the world
economy, and has actively pursued the liberalization of trade in
services through forums like GATT and the Free Trade Agreement.
However, the potential for Canada to export services is not very
strong and the sector continues to be dominated by US firms.
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