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Growth Performance: Evridiki Tsounta

Evridiki Tsounta: And women at work have helped propel Canadas economic expansion in that period, despite growth in labour productivity that is merely average, according to the reports author, Evridiki Tsounta. 'This remarkable performance has helped spur Canada's remarkable growth performance since 1995, despite only average growth in labour productivity' Evridiki Tsounta, according to CBC. "This remarkable performance has helped spur Canada's remarkable growth performance since 1995, despite only average growth in labour productivity," she said in her paper and More favourable taxation policies for families with two incomes and an increase in child-care benefits have helped bring thousands of Canadian women into the workforce since 1995 and that has had a direct benefit to the economy, according to a working paper by the International Monetary Fund. Female participation in the workforce increased to 73.5 per cent in 2004, from 67.7 per cent in 1995, putting Canada behind only a few countries like Sweden, Norway and Denmark in the percentage of women working. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.