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Canada Quality of Life: Party Pooper Report
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by Barry ORegan | June 30, 2008 at 04:41 am
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They state Canada's Quality of Life ranked third in the World in the 1970's. In 2008 Canada ranks 11th behind Ireland. The report surther states that Denmark (population 5 million) which is the size of a postage stamp on a tennis court, when compared to Canada population 33 million has less crime than Canada.
My opinion in all this Liberal drivel is as follows, "Who was the Moron who was paid to write this idiotic report?"
Secondly, why would any News Organization publish this Apples to Elephants in comparison?
Third, Aren't you glad a News Organization like Now Public allows people like me to provide Opinion pieces on Tripe such as this Report, because Canadians and especially Canadian unclear on the concept of Population and Geography, after reading my Opinion piece will no doubt come up with the same conclusion as me!
Those who are not as fortunate enough to tune into this Opinion piece will no doubt read this Quality of Life report and go around spreading the news to others that Canada is worse than Denmark or Ireland, when clearly we are not!
As for the President Anne Golden, a Liberal Think Tank who authoured this report, I say this! Perhaps when writing this report, you were overcome by "Smelling your own Farts" to fully comprehend that Size Matters (Country & Population)! Sure, we may not be perfect, but your claim Canada has been on a downward slide since the 1970's neglects to state in your report this slide was under the Liberal Government Watch!
You also fail to mention outsourcing of jobs, world markets and other factors all affect a country.
So in this case when it comes to listening to Liberal Drivel "Silence is Golden" adequately applies!
Party pooper report
Canadian quality of life not what it used to be
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
To many, Canada Day is a time for fireworks displays and contemplating the country's many blessings.
But a new report suggests Canadians may have less to celebrate than they think.
The annual Conference Board of Canada report card measuring quality of life among 17 advanced countries released today concludes that Canada is like a student who started out strong, but is coasting toward the bottom of the class.
In a break from past reports, the Conference Board looked back at Canada's performance to the 1970s and found that although the economy is stronger and per capita income has increased, other countries have passed it by.
Canada's economy was the envy of the world in the 1970s, ranking third. Now it has fallen to 11th place, behind leader Ireland.
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at 09:27 on June 30th, 2008
Hey Barry, thanks for posting about this.
It's interesting to see the different areas where Canadian life is slipping.
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at 14:01 on June 30th, 2008
Thanks Rob, though I bitch about Vangroovy, it more the Government than the people.
We have quite the mix of politics, so it just makes conversation interesting.
Though they rate countries like Zurich as No1. Come on, I am sure as well to do family of four (Zurich as a population gauge) can do very well versus Vancouver which is just as well to do, but feeds a family of 6 or 8. with extended relatives of 150 (Surrounding towns like Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby etc)
So you can see why I am jaded against these figures, Vancouver is almost double population wise to Zurich, and yet they say they are Number 1? Kind of hard for one salary (VanCity taxes) to pay to feed, clothe, house a family of eight, (With Relatives like the GVRD) than it is for a single salary (Zurich taxes) to feed a family of four. Or am I missing something?
at 11:43 on June 30th, 2008
Quantifying and comparing locations is a difficult thing to do. My impression of a place usually depends more on my headspace at the time than it does any particular landmark, and how do you quantify that?
at 14:04 on June 30th, 2008
Thanks for the comments Rob, as I say to Rob Walker, population, as well as unemployment etc should apply as a even Ratio, To say Canada is 11 th, when we are hundreds of times the size of Denmark is a pretty stupid assessment to say Denmark is number 1, don't you think?
at 15:09 on June 30th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff. im not a big fan of these reports and statistics. Many times they are so misleading and biased.
at 15:16 on June 30th, 2008
My point exactly jeff, thanks for visiting, the comments, and the flag
at 16:33 on June 30th, 2008
I try to find a new flag to photograph for Canada Day on flickr. I am just a proud Canadian.
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at 21:03 on June 30th, 2008
Thanks for the comments DrgnMastr and Happy Canada Day
at 00:13 on July 11th, 2008
Oh Canada!
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