abstract:Confederation Square () is an urban square in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and is considered the second most important ceremonial centre in Canada's capital city, after Parliament Hill. Roughly triangular in area, with Canada's National War Memorial at its centre and the Valiants Memorial at its periphery, the square is bounded by Wellington Street to the north and branches of Elgin Street to the east and west.
Michael Hulme at Lehman Brothers said the weakness of the figures were hard to square with robust anecdotal evidence from the Confederation of British Industry, John Lewis and others.