Canada's debt to gdp

[Klause]

I am not sure where you are getting your information from. Perhaps it is you who are not well informed?
Klause, take a look at the following link:

www.investorsfriend.com/canadian-gdp-canadian-imports-and-exports/

In 2016 manufacturing is the second largest sector in the GDP after Real estate selling, renting and leasing. This is larger than mining, oil and gas combined. Our number one export is still motor vehicles and parts closely followed by energy. Both are much larger than saying farming and intermediate food products.

Canada is considered an industrial Country. Can we do better? Absolutely. But being overly dependent on energy exports puts us in a vulnerable and perhaps unsustainable situation.

Really??? You're still harping on the energy sector??? The largest single portion of the economy of this country relies on buying and selling worthless overpriced houses.... And you're complaining about the energy sector???


Half of our GDP growth comes from effing real estate!!!

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/as-economy-shrinks-real-estate-now-accounts-for-half-of-all-gdp-growth-1.3008105


Now instead of reading crap read stats can's gdp by sector report.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/gdps04a-eng.htm

[Klause]

We have been shedding manufacturing jobs for a long time. Mexico, China have taken a lot of jobs because of lower wages and costs. We also became uncompetitive because of a higher currency based on high priced oil and other commodities. What is your plan to get the lost jobs back?

Euro that Germany uses is way hogher than CAF. Poor excuse.


Real reason we lost all those vehicle jobs? Unions. Plain and simple. Demanding too much way to edpe sive to build cars ere so all the cheaper mass production leaves

Here's the problem. A million people making $24 an hour are worth far more to the economy than 50,000 making $60. UAW didn't figure that out



You need to go live in another country chunky.

[perfecho]

Well Klause, can't let you get away with that one...even though not a big union supporter, but like many things,,, they have there place. And, if you don't think the major companies have pacts and agreements to guarantee profits.....why are we paying a buck a liter when oil is at less than $50? That's not a union...??
Was heavily involved in oilfield business ....many times a product could be sourced from China and a few more bucks could be had, it often went that way...and the sell price didn't go down....it was wherever the best buck could be made....right or wrong...inferior or not...
So, should only business owners be entitled to profit? Why should only business owners be entitled to a decent level of living? Why do many think that just because it is cheaper to manufacture in a country that doesn't value safety, basic human rights and pay their workers a decent wage, they should be able to capitalize and make even more profit, even though it hurts your own country to do so....and yet they cry foul if a competitor from another country infringes on their territory.
This is why unions do get support....and I personally, would like to live in a country where everyone worked on raising the bar for all....not just themselves. Many companies who treat their workers with dignity and respect, don't have to worry about a union....
Germany pays high wages to auto workers...and does very well....why not use that business model?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2011/12/21/germany-builds-twice-as-many-cars-as-the-u-s-while-paying-its-auto-workers-twice-as-much/#32881f056b78

[tweety]

Really??? You're still harping on the energy sector??? The largest single portion of the economy of this country relies on buying and selling worthless overpriced houses.... And you're complaining about the energy sector???


Half of our GDP growth comes from effing real estate!!!

There is no bubble Klause. BMO says its all good. Rock solid real estate in Canada

[URL="http://business.financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/canadian-housing-market-bubble-has-ceased-without-a-crash-landing/wcm/f1e899d9-1f98-4513-94ab-f7a5fce42b82"]http://business.financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/canadian-housing-market-bubble-has-ceased-without-a-crash-landing/wcm/f1e899d9-1f98-4513-94ab-f7a5fce42b82[/URL]

[foragefarmer]

Sort of like there's no bubble in farmland values here in Western Canada. No need to just look what buyer's are paying for homes in the major cities, what are you guys or your neighbor's paying for farm land. When the real estate bubble pops so does the farm land. Interest rate hikes will do it to both!!

[farmaholic]

Sort of like there's no bubble in farmland values here in Western Canada. No need to just look what buyer's are paying for homes in the major cities, what are you guys or your neighbor's paying for farm land. When the real estate bubble pops so does the farm land. Interest rate hikes will do it to both!!

The farmland values are worth it to everyone except those that have to borrow the money and pay for it by farming it and make a "living" on it at the same time....

But nope... no bubble.

[bucket]

Of course real estate is a big thing now....50000 new people to Canada. ...in a short time period....

[chuckChuck]

Euro that Germany uses is way hogher than CAF. Poor excuse.


Real reason we lost all those vehicle jobs? Unions. Plain and simple. Demanding too much way to edpe sive to build cars ere so all the cheaper mass production leaves

Here's the problem. A million people making $24 an hour are worth far more to the economy than 50,000 making $60. UAW didn't figure that out



You need to go live in another country chunky.

Klause what about Germany? Higher wages, higher productivity, lots of Unions, good social programs what's your excuse for their success?

I used another site for GDP because alot of people on this site dont like Stats Canada. Did you look at the data you sent. Goods producing industries and manufacturing are far larger than mining and energy extraction. Manufacturing on its own is larger.

You are overly negative because of your political views. There is little difference from when Harper was in power except the price of commodities went down.

How would you manage the economy different? How would you grow the economy any differently considerng that commodity prices are beyond our control? How would you increase manufacturing considering that the CAD is not stabler elative to the US dollar and others?

[Klause]

Canadian auto workers make almost double what their German counterparts do after all the "benefits" are figured in... A driller in the oil patch during the boom made $55 per hour counting perks

Auto workers are around $70 per hour.


And the productivity isn't there.


Have you been in a German car factory? They don't employ very many people on the assembly line... Compare a German factory to one here it's eye opening.


I agree unions have a place to protect workers from unfair conditions... But they are going way too far with all they want from companies... Not to mention just listening to what happens in the potash mines the unions are more corrupt than the companies now a days.

[tweety]

Klaus, Germany got rid of the uneducated worker positions and instead have programmers, designers, engineers, robotics professionals.....