Canada: Beautiful Scenery and Business Drive
America’s neighbor to the north, long known for spectacular scenery and clean cities, contains a wealth of opportunities for expanding companies. In addition to its well-educated population and excellent quality of life, Canada has a resource-rich economy – with the oil sands being just the latest development. In addition to the oil and gas industry, Canada also fuels the timber industry, has uranium mines, in addition to coal, iron ore, copper and gold, and it has a sizable manufacturing sector. Canada had 67 companies on the latest Forbes Global 2000 list, and, as of September 2011, the national unemployment rate stood at 7.1 percent (a number greatly envied by its friend to the south). more....