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As Sri Lanka has lower wages than Canada, value of L/w (labor/wage rate) is higher for Sri Lanka. In relative terms, this means that K/r (capital/rental rate) is higher for Canada.
Thus, we can say that Sri Lanka must be more labor intensive and Canada must be more capital intensive.
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