Direct investment (ﬂows) Canadian foreign direct investment (FDI) ﬂows continued to contract in 2003, as it had in the past few years, reﬂecting macroeconomic rather than microeconomic developments; this despite the ﬁndings of the management consulting ﬁrm KPMG that found that Canada is the most cost-competitive nation among the countries of North America, Europe and Japan, with lowest overall costs for labour, land and construction, and electricity, and one of the lowest corporate income tax rates.
En 2003, les entrées d’IED au Canada ont chuté de façon spectaculaire (B 8,3 milliards de dollars), ce qui ne représente qu’environ le quart des 32,3 milliards de dollars d’investissement direct entré au Canada un an auparavant.