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2009

Wednesday 01 July 2009 The Organization of Economic Development and Co-operation has warned developed nations against the temptation to close their doors to immigrations because the global recession is creating competition for jobs. The OECD has published a report on international immigration in which it notes that unemployment among immigrations has almost doubled in countries like the U.S., Spain and Ireland since the downturn set in. The Organization also notes that extremist political parties made gains in the EU parliamentary election in June partly because they depicted immigrants as a threat to jobs. The report says that governments need policies on migrant labour that can be adjusted to good times and bad and should maintain programs to help integrate newcomers.

Wednesday 08 April 2009 The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says that four countries will no longer be blacklisted as unco-operative tax havens after they agreed to accept new international rules on financial transparency. The OECD says the nations in question are the Philippines, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Malaysia, which have been removed from the list after they agreed to comply. The four will now be placed on a "grey list" of countries like Switzerland that have agreed to co-operate but have yet to do so. The third list comprises countries which refused to comply. Leaders of the G20 grouping last week in London vowed to crack down on tax havens on the grounds that they have worsened the global economic crisis by disguising the true value of certain assets.

Friday 03 April 2009 OECD names and shames tax havens
Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and Uruguay are on the OECD's blacklist of non-cooperative tax havens.

Wednesday 01 April 2009 PARIS: OECD QUESTIONS AS ECONOMY SHRINKS
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is raising questions about Canada's plans to boost the faltering economy. In its latest report, the OECD says government policies implemented by its members will avert a 1930's style economic collapse. But it says Canada could afford to do more in terms of economic stimulus. In Ottawa, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said Canada is handling the global financial crisis better than most others. He also suggests that the world might want to follow Canada's example. Mr. Carney said the Canadian system is superior because regulation is more consistent. He also says Canada's banks are more conservative and credit conditions are better than in any other industrialized country. Meanwhile, Statistics Canada reports the country's economy shrank in January for the third month in a row. Statistics Canada says economic growth declined 0.7 per cent on the heels of decreases of one per cent in December and 0.7 per cent in November. While 18 of the 21 major manufacturing groups lost ground, Statistics Canada says about half the decline was attributable to a 27 per cent reduction in motor vehicle and associated parts production. Meanwhile, Bank of Canada.

Monday 30 March 2009 ITALY
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development predicts that next year, unemployment will reach ten per cent in Canada and in all other Group of Eight developed nations except Japan. In a new report, the OECD says that the average unemployment in OECD countries in January was almost seven per cent --- about one per cent higher than a year earlier. The OECD groups 30 industrialized democratic countries. The OECD and international labour groups were in Rome at a meeting to discuss the human cost of the world financial crisis.

2008

Saturday 23 February 2008 20:19 PARIS: OECD WARNS CANADA ON IMMIGRANTS
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has issued a report warning that Canada and other wealthy nations will face a public backlash against immigrants unless they take steps to ensure that they find suitable jobs. The OECD says that immigrants are often over-qualified for the jobs they hold, a sign they are not adapting to their new homes. OECE Secretary-General Angel Gurria says that the better targeted immigration policies, the more successful their integration will be, thus reducing the risk of a backlash. The report points out that immigrants in wealthy nations have trouble finding appropriate despite the fact that they are more likely than the general population to hold a university or college degree. The document notes that 38 per cent of foreign-born residents of Canada have university or college degrees, compared with 32 per cent of native-born Canadians. A migration specialist with the OECD, Georges Lemaitre, says that Canada has lagged behind other countries in recruiting immigrants who found jobs that matched their skills. But he also says the Canadian government has recently taken important steps to attract foreigners who have job offers or who have shown in working or studying that they're able to adapt.

2007

Wednesday 25 April 2007 How many have had time to take their eyes off the news of the Wolf at the door of the World Bank to pay attention to rather unangelic practices of the Angel of the OECD
from Wed1312

2006

Donald Johnston's endorsement has made news on the Rae campaign pages hbobrae.ca/en/pressreleases

Saturday Jul 30, 2005 The Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says China should be admitted as a member of the group. Donald Johnston, a former Canadian cabinet minister, says China's entry to the O-E-C-D is necessary if it's to be effective in its role of shaping the global economy. Mr Johnston also dismissed concerns about human rights and the lack of democracy in China as a reason to block its entry into the organisation of which Canada is a member. He says his organization deals with economic issues. And in this case it cannot exclude a country that could become the biggest economy in the world.

Sunday Apr 24, 2005 The 26th issue of the OECD Statistics Newsletter (April 2005) is now available online at www.oecd.org/statistics/newsletters/ In this issue: The OECD Factbook; OECD Regions at A Glance; Media Content Production and Distribution in Japan; OECD Outreach Programme: Statistics for non-Member Countries; The Atkinson Review: Measurement of Government Output in the National Accounts; National Strategies for the Development of Statistics in Low Income Countries; Estatistik.core: Digitally linking Statistics and Accounting; New Member Country Website and Statistical Profiles.

Saturday Mar 26, 2005 ts
Oil not stoking inflation: OECD
tokyo—Record oil prices aren`t stoking global inflation because economies have become more energy-efficient, says Donald Johnston, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Fri 1/7/2005 PARIS: OECD Secretary-General to Step down in 2006
Canadian Donald Johnston has announced his retirement as Secretary-General of the Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development. Mr. Johnston has held the position since June 1996. He will finish his term in May 2005. Mr. Johnson was a minister in Canada's former Liberal government for 10 years. He was also a financial analyst for the late Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau before entering political life. (From RCI International)

Nov 11, 2004 oecd The OECD Statistics Newsletters

Thursday May 13, 2004 PARIS: OECD SEES ECONOMIC PICKUP FOR CANADA
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has predicted in its semi-annual report on the world economy that the Canadian economy will grow next year by 1.1 per cent to 2.8 per cent and reach growth of 3.3 per cent in the following year. The report says an increase of exports because of a recovery of world trade will be the driving factor, particularly if the economy of the U.S., Canada's biggest trading partner, continues to recover. However, the OECD says the stronger Canadian dollar could brake Canada's economy. Its report also warns that the Bank of Canada may have to raise interest rates to stifle inflation if the economy grows too hot. The OECD predicts that the economy will continue to grow until the middle of next year, at which time it would be unsafe for the central bank not to increase its trend-setting interest rate.

Wednesday May 12, 2004 bbc OECD warns of unbalanced growth
Global economic growth will pick up over the next two years as a "strong and sustainable recovery" takes hold, according to the OECD.
It forecasts that total growth amongst its 30 member countries will rise to 3.4% this year and be 3.3% in 2005.

2002

The Future of Money (Print Paperback) Money's destiny is to become digital.

Thursday May 2, 2002 cbc
The First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, will address the OECD Forum 2002 on the importance of education for children OECD FORUM 2002, OECD's annual public conference open to business, labor, and civil society, is scheduled for 13-15 May 2002 and will be held at the CNIT Conference Center at La Defense in Paris.

Thursday May 2, 2002 cbc
Ministers from OECD countries will meet in Paris on 15-16 May 2002 to review the outlook for the world economy and policy challenges relating to trade, governance, development and the environment. Their discussions will follow on from the OECD Forum 2002 on 13-15 May, which will bring together representatives of civil society, business and labour with government ministers and leaders of international organisations.

Read the latest news release... and background information.

For reference, you may wish to consult the archives from last year's Meeting of the OECD Council at the Ministerial Level.

The OECD Issues the List of UNCO-OPERATIVE TAX HAVENS. The OECD has issued the list of unco-operative tax havens that have not yet made commitments to the principles of effective exchange of information and transparency.

Just released: OECD Economic Outlook No. 71, Preliminary Edition Growth momentum is returning to the OECD area, according to the just-released Preliminary Edition of the OECD Economic Outlook No. 71.
To see the latest commentary, projections and country-by-country summaries See the UPDATED LISTING OF OECD BOOKS being released during February, March, and April 2002: oecdbookshop

Friday Apr 26, 2002 economist
The OECD is optimistic about the prospects for the world economy, according to its latest Economic Outlook. Even Japan's recession-blighted economy is predicted to grow a little in 2003.

Thursday Feb 28, 2002 economist

Tax havens: The OECD acts
The collapse of Enron has brought to light a problem that has plagued rich economies for some years: the existence of tax havens through which big corporations can legitimately avoid tax. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has threatened sanctions against tax havens that do not agree to co-operate with it by February 28th

Upon taking office as Secretary-General of the OECD on 1st June 1996, Don Johnston moves from a career as a lawyer and politician who spent 10 years in the Canadian Parliament and served as a Cabinet Minister in a number of senior portfolios.

Secretary-General Donald Johnston

In 1988, Mr. Johnston ended a decade of political life to become legal counsel to the prominent Canadian law firm, Heenan Blaikie, of which he was a founder in 1972. The firm now has 170 lawyers in offices in Canada and the United States.

His decision to leave politics was partly due to disagreement with his Party on his support for the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States, which he voted for in the House of Commons. Following that policy difference, he chose to sit as an independent and did not seek re-election.

Mr. Johnston was a Member of Parliament from 1978 to 1988. He served in the Cabinet, first as President of the Treasury Board ( which manages the federal public service and controls the national budget), and then as Minister of State for Economic and Regional Development, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. With the defeat of the Liberal government in 1984, Mr. Johnston became Opposition Critic for Finance and, later, External Affairs.

Donald J. Johnston

In 1990, Mr. Johnston was elected President of the Liberal Party of Canada. In 1992, he was re-elected and held the post through the election in 1993 that returned the Liberal Party to power.

Mr. Johnston studied Arts and Law at McGill University, graduating from law in 1958 as the Gold Medallist. In 1958-59 he studied at the University of Grenoble on a scholarship.

He taught fiscal law at McGill University from 1963 to 1976. He has written many articles on taxation, law and public affairs and is the author of several books including a best-selling political memoir.

Mr. Johnston is married to Heather Bell Maclaren. They have four daughters, Kristina, Allison, Rachel and Sara.

Secretary-General Donald Johnston