Hewers of wood, drawers of water: Canadians in the 21st century

From the Canada desk:

According to Macleans blogger Paul Wells, Canada is falling behind both its G8 partners and up-and-coming economic powerhouses like China, India, and Brazil in terms of R&D. A country’s commitment to R&D may be determined by calculating its GERD (Gross Expenditure on Research and Development, measured as a fraction of GDP). Canada’s GERD, it seems, has been declining since 2002. For more on this, see my recent post at The Reaction.

This is one of those below-the-radar stories that governments don’t much like to talk about — and Paul Martin’s Liberal government is no exception — but it shows where Canada may be heading as the world flattens and emerging economies take off.