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R&D performance continues to lag as GERD falls to lowest level in 10 years

Guest Contributor
December 21, 2009

Ontario & Quebec above average

The slow, inexorable decline in R&D spending in Canada shows no signs of abating, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. The key indicator of gross domestic expenditures on R&D (GERD) as a percentage of GDP fell in 2008 to 1.

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