Canadian Libraries and GDP

Direct from one of my other associations – OLA:
“Libraries account for Gross Domestic Product
Libraries account for $1.3 billion of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product.
The Conference Board of Canada released the report “Valuing Culture: Measuring and Understanding Canada’s Creative Economy”. In total, culture accounts for more than $43 billion or 3.8% of Canada’s GDP.
The report features trends, drivers, economic footprint and global positioning in Canada’s creative economy and can be downloaded for free (upon free subscription) from the Conference Board of Canada e-library:
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/ ”
And that’s just the cultural impact on GDP. Libraries certainly have many other positive impacts.
Stephen