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| November 29, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty chose the right target last week when he focused on Canada's lagging productivity as the key economic challenge facing the country.

For too long, that challenge has gone unmet. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce believes we have to take it on. Now.

I was sworn in as chair of the Chamber -- the largest business organization in the country, with more than 170,000 members -- in September.

In the weeks since, I've spoken to hundreds of Chamber members. What do they say is the most important business issue facing Canada? Productivity.

Productivity is the ability to produce more and better goods per capita than our competitors, and the measure that most…

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