Waseem Sayegh

Google’s Street View car has arrived in Montreal! While biking down Avenue De l’Hotel-de-Ville in the Plateau-Mont Royal area I spotted an Ontario license plate car that had the now infamous 360° Google camera mounted on top of it. The car also had a Dell PC monitor in the front passenger seat. I took a photo of the car, which I’m including in this post.

Click here for the approximate location of the car.

I just completed several infographics and charts that illustrate the growth of international trade with Canada and the G8+5 countries.

Chart 1:

A chart that plots exports, imports, FDI in and FDI out as a percentage of nominal GDP for the G8+5 countries. The chart also includes a timeline of important global events that have had an impact on  international trade.

Chart 2:

A chart that plots Canadian exports, imports, FDI in and FDI out values in US$ and their percentage of Canada’s nominal GDP. The chart also includes a timeline of all the Canadian free trade agreements.

Source: IMF Balance of Payments Statistics (Yearbook 2008)