> Statistics Canada issued a response... saying the 
  > agency follows international guidelines and practices.
  > Given that Canadian productivity is frequently compared 
  > with that of the U.S., the methodology behind the 
  > estimates for Canada “should be comparable to the 
  > largest extent possible to that used by the U.S. 
  > Bureau of Labour Statistics,” said Wulong Gu of 
  > Statscan’s economic analysis division.