Section A Exploring the World Text B Economy of Canada Note Canada is one of the world's wealthiest nations,with a high per capita income,and is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentl and the G8121.It is one of the world's top ten trading nations.Canada is a mixed market,ranking lower than the U.S.but higher than most Western European nations on the Heritage Foundation's index of economic freedom.Since the early 1990s,the Canadian economy has been growing rapidly,with low unemployment and large government surpluses on the federal level.Today,Canada resembles the U.S.in its market-oriented economic system,pattern of production,and high living standards.As of February 2009,Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.77%.Provincial unemployment rates vary from a low of 3.6%in Alberta to a high of 14.6%in Newfoundland and Labrador. According to the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies in 2008,Canada had 69 companies in the list,ranking 5th next to France.As of 2008,Canada's total government debt burden was the lowest in the G8.According to these projections,Canada's debt burden will have fallen over 50 percentage points from the peak in 1995,when it was the second highest in the G8. 大连理工大学出版社 大连理工大学出版社 Section A Exploring the World Text B Economy of Canada Canada is one of the world’ s wealthiest nations, with a high per capita income, and is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development[1] and the G8 [2] . It is one of the world’s top ten trading nations. Canada is a mixed market, ranking lower than the U.S. but higher than most Western European nations on the Heritage Foundation’s index of economic freedom. Since the early 1990s, the Canadian economy has been growing rapidly, with low unemployment and large government surpluses on the federal level. Today, Canada resembles the U.S. in its market- oriented economic system, pattern of production, and high living standards. As of February 2009, Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.77% . Provincial unemployment rates vary from a low of 3.6% in Alberta to a high of 14.6% in Newfoundland and Labrador. According to the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s largest companies in 2008, Canada had 69 companies in the list, ranking 5th next to France. As of 2008, Canada’ s total government debt burden was the lowest in the G8. According to these projections, Canada’ s debt burden will have fallen over 50 percentage points from the peak in 1995, when it was the second highest in the G8. Note