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Encyclopedia > Conference Board of Canada

The Conference Board of Canada is a not-for-profit Canadian organization dedicated to researching and analyzing economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues.


Objective and non-partisan, it does not lobby for special interests and is funded through fees charged for services delivered to the private and public sectors alike. In addition to conducting, publishing and disseminating research, the Conference Board of Canada runs conferences and develops individual leadership skills and organizational capacity. A Business conference is an event organized by an association, inividual, publication or private company for the purpose of networking, education or to discuss a business topic. ...


It is independent from, but affiliated with The Conference Board of New York City which serves over 2,000 companies in 60 nations and has sub-offices in Brussels and Hong Kong. The Conference Board is a non-profit business organization comprised of business executives in the United States that hosts conferences, conducts research, and produces a number of economic statistics, including the Consumer Confidence Index, CEO Confidence index, the help wanted index, and indexes of leading indicators, coincident indicators, and lagging... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ...


External links

  • Conference Board of Canada - official website
  • Policy.ca - Conference Board of Canada Organization Profile
  • Conference Board's e-Library
  • Human Resource Management website

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Conference Board of Canada: Privacy Policy (1500 words)
The Conference Board will identify to an individual the purposes for which personal information is collected at or before the time the information is collected.
In limited circumstances, the Conference Board may use or disclose personal information without the knowledge or consent of the individual, for example, for purposes of debt collection, breaches of agreements, as required by governmental bodies acting with authority, or as authorized or required by applicable legislation.
The Conference Board of Canada sometimes uses the services of external firms to assist us in communicating with individuals (e.g., surveys and mail distribution) or as a means of providing more effective and efficient services to these individuals (e.g., technology support).
Response to Conference Board of Canada Report on Vertical Fiscal Imbalance (780 words)
The provincial and territorial Ministers of Finance commissioned the Conference Board of Canada to produce 20-year fiscal projections for the federal government and the aggregate of the provinces and territories.
The Conference Board report defines vertical fiscal imbalance as a situation where “the distribution of revenue resources between the federal and provincial/territorial orders of government is inconsistent with the cost of meeting their respective constitutional spending responsibilities” (p.
The Conference Board made the key assumption that the federal government will not introduce any new tax cuts or spending measures for the next 20 years, with all surpluses being earmarked exclusively for debt reduction.
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