DOES CANADAÂ NEED MORE PEOPLE?
By MABELF. TIMLIN
Professor of Economics
University of Saskatchewan
Issued under the auspices of the
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
TORONTO
1951
PREFACE
THIS monograph is based on a study of absorptive
capacity undertaken by the writer during the summer
of 1949 for Dr. H. L. Keenleyside, then Deputy Minister
of Mines and Resources. Permission to use this material
was received many months ago, but publication has been
delayed because of the scope of the revision. The book
is written in the same general context of ideas as the
original study but the material has been considerably
amplified and set into a revised framework of definitions.
Chapters VI, VII, and VIII, however, contain a good deal
of material from the study.
It was a privilege to have worked on the study under
the conditions provided by Dr. Keenleyside and by Mr.
C. H. Herbert, Economic Adviser to the Deputy Minister.
I was left to work in the most complete independence, and
was afforded numerous opportunities to consult officials
in a number of departments on a variety of topics related
to the project. In particular, I have cause to be grateful
to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, and especially to
Mr. Herbert Marshall, Mr. Nathan Keyfitz, and Mr. H.
Lukin Robinson.
The completed monograph also owes a great deal to
suggestions made by Professor V. W. Bladen, who read the
memorandum to the Deputy Minister and passed on to
ne numerous comments thereon. Only this general acknow-
ledgement can be made, but the new framework of defi-
in was developed on the basis of certain