OTTAWA, Sept. 3, 2014 /CNW/ - The Conference Board of Canada is available to speak to the media on Canada's ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 released today by the World Economic Forum. The Conference Board of Canada is the Canadian Partner Institute for the World Economic Forum's Centre for Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking Network, which produces the annual ranking.
Canada's performance in the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness rankings continues its slow decline. Canada's overall ranking dropped one spot to 15th place this year. Canada also saw the largest decrease on its infrastructure score this year, which fell from 12th to 15th place.
For the Conference Board's full analysis of the Canadian results visit: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/education/commentaries/14-09-03/canada_s_competitiveness_performance_billowing_in_the_winds_of_change.aspx#ftn4-ref
| Who: |
Daniel Muzyka, President and Chief Executive Officer, |
| When: |
9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST, Wednesday, September 3, |
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The Conference Board of Canada is located at 255 Smyth Road, Ottawa, |
Broadcast quality video comments from Daniel Muzyka are available at https://conferenceboard.wistia.com/medias/kl0lsgyi88.
Video with caption: "Video: Reaction to the World Economic Forum 2014 Global Competitiveness Index with comments from Conference Board of Canada CEO Dan Muzyka.". Video available at: http://stream1.newswire.ca/cgi-bin/playback.cgi?file=20140903_C2243_VIDEO_EN_5301.mp4&posterurl=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.newswire.ca%2Fimages%2F20140903_C2243_VIDEO_EN_5301.jpg&order=1&jdd=20140903&cnum=C2243
SOURCE: Conference Board of Canada
Yvonne Squires, Media Relations,Tel.: (613) 526-3090, ext. 221. E-mail: [email protected].
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