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Percentage of Canadians who believe that it is easier for men to advance in the workplace than it is for women, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 a POLLARA survey: 55

Percentage who think that such advancement is easier for women: 9

Percentage who think it is equally easy for men and women to advance at work: 31

Percentage of people who ranked calling in sick and sleeping as their number one secret guilty pleasure, according to a survey by Harlequin: 32

Percentage who said pigging out on junk food junk food
n.
Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value.


junk food 
: 25

Percentage of Canadians who do not take all of their yearly allotted al·lot  
tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots
1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame.

2.
 vacation days, according to an Expedia.ca/Ipsos-Reid poll: 38

Amount being handed back to employers in unused holidays in 2004: $8 billion

Percentage of people who say they do their most creative thinking in the car, according to the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index: 20

Percentage who say they do their most creative thinking at the office or at school: 20

Percentage who say in bed: 16

Percentage who say in the shower: 5

Year in which Canada became the largest exporter of oil to the U.S., replacing Saudia Arabia and Mexico, according to the New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Times: 2004

Year in which China became the second-largest consumer of oil in the world, replacing Japan: 2004

Compiled by John MacIntyre John Macintyre (born 1857 - died 1928) was a doctor who set up the world's first radiology department at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally trained as an electrical engineer, he later graduated in 1882 from the University of Glasgow with the Bachelor of  
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Author:MacIntyre, John
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
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Date:Apr 1, 2005
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