Falling Behind: The State of Working Canada 2000 is the first comprehensive account of how the poor economic performance and government cutbacks of the 1990s have adversely affected most Canadians. Among the findings from this report: there has been no increase for more than 20 years in the real annual earnings of Canadian men working full-time; average weekly earnings, adjusted for inflation, grew just 2.8% from 1989 to 1998, and, despite strong economic growth in 1999, there was no increase in real weekly earnings; and, the average after-tax and after-transfer income of Canadians fell by 5.6% over the 1990s, with poorer families experiencing a decline of 12%. "A careful documentation of two decades of bad policy and poor economic performance. This is required reading for all policy commentators." – Mike McCracken, chair and chief executive officer of Informetrica Ltd.

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