France spends slightly less (as a percentage of GDP) on health care than Canada, and has a higher number of physicians and hospital beds, and lower wait times.

Between 2003-04 and 2012-13, spending on public schools in Canada increased by 45.9 per cent.

Federal government transfers to First Nation communities rose more than 800 per cent over the past six decades.

Investing abroad makes home-country companies more efficient, thereby enabling those companies to grow faster than they otherwise would.