It was another bountiful year for Canada's economy as it was for the U.S. (see BUSINESS). Canada's economic boss, Trade and Commerce Minister C. D. Howe, surveying the business-performance charts last week, found that every vital lineproduction, employment, income and investmentcontinued sharply upward during 1956.
¶ Canada's gross national product soared to $29.5 billion, an increase of more than 10%. The year's growth matched the 1955 rate, and raised the country's production to a level six times as high as it was 20 years ago.
¶ Employment passed a record total of 5,700,000...
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