why is it like that ? Canada had the 8th largest nominal gdp in the world in 2007 and last year it was over 1.5 trillion dollars. ppp gdp is not an economic measure highly regarded by groups like economist.com, imf, world bank. {{Unsigned|Canguy}} -- 11:16, 5 August 2009 | why is it like that ? Canada had the 8th largest nominal gdp in the world in 2007 and last year it was over 1.5 trillion dollars. ppp gdp is not an economic measure highly regarded by groups like economist.com, imf, world bank. {{Unsigned|Canguy}} -- 11:16, 5 August 2009 |