MEDIA ADVISORY: Economic diversification - Who needs it?

Major new report to unpack facts and myths about economic diversification in Alberta

CALGARY, Nov. 15, 2016 /CNW/ - With the Alberta economy in recession, cries for a more "diversified economy" are being heard across Alberta, and Canada. If we had a more diversified economy, we would be protected from volatility, and would be more prosperous. Or would we?

Thursday, November 17, The School of Public Policy will hold a news conference to release a new report by authors Trevor Tombe and Robert Mansell that paints a surprising and counter-intuitive picture of diversification in Canada. This is a critical report for anyone who believes that diversification is an economic silver-bullet. 

WHAT:	News conference to release "If it Matters, Measure it: Unpacking Diversification in Canada" with authors Trevor Tombe and Robert Mansell
WHEN:	Thursday, November 17, 2016, 10 a.m. mountain
WHERE:	Nexen room, 5^th floor, 906 -8^th Ave. S.W., Calgary, AB

SOURCE The School of Public Policy - University of Calgary

Morten Paulsen, 403.220.2540, [email protected]