The following Table shows the percentage of managers and labour leaders in the private and public sectors who felt that a specified “solution” needed more emphasis. The Table also shows how each solution ranked out of the 29 listed.
For example, 53% of private sector labour leaders felt that improving federal-provincial relations needed more emphasis. This issue ranked 14th among these labour leaders.
| What emphasis should be given to the following potential solutions? | Private Sector | Public Sector | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managers | Labour Leaders | Managers | Labour Leaders | |||||
| % saying serious problem | Rank issues among 39 | % saying serious problem | Rank issues among 39 | % saying serious problem | Rank issues among 39 | % saying serious problem | Rank issues among 39 | |
| Improve federal-provincial relations | 59% | 6 | 53% | 14 | 46% | 14 | 51% | 13 |
| Address health care funding issues | 72% | 2 | 93% | 1 | 80% | 1 | 90% | 1 |
| Improve social security provisions | 23% | 25 | 70% | 5 | 34% | 17 | 74% | 3 |
| Improve access to capital for small business | 52% | 11 | 49% | 17 | 43% | 15 | 35% | 19 |
| Increase private sector R&D | 56% | 8 | 42% | 18 | 50% | 12 | 32% | 21 |
| Increase government support for R&D | 45% | 15 | 52% | 15 | 51% | 11 | 52% | 11 |
| Lower personal taxes | 78% | 1 | 56% | 12 | 55% | 5 | 43% | 16 |
| Lower corporate taxes | 66% | 3 | 18% | 27 | 30% | 20 | 9% | 28 |
| Reduce government spending | 64% | 4 | 29% | 23 | 34% | 18 | 20% | 24 |
| Reduce government regulation | 60% | 5 | 28% | 24 | 32% | 19 | 23% | 22 |
| Slow down/stop government deregulation | 21% | 26 | 64% | 8 | 22% | 24 | 59% | 8 |
| Lower interest rates | 21% | 27 | 30% | 22 | 21% | 25 | 18% | 26 |
| Increase private sector | 54% | 10 | 56% | 13 | 54% | 6 | 38% | 18 |