Regional Disparities in Canada

Regional disparities in Canada There is a crisis in Canada, a crisis that won¡¦t go away. I am talking about the many disparities that face Canadians everyday. Regional disparities are not new to Canada, nor are they unique to this country. There is little evidence of progress toward greater economic equality of income, and employment opportunity. This country must get to the root of the problem. All Canadians are or should be aware that …showed first 75 words of 791 total…

…showed last 75 words of 791 total…regionalism in Canada. In the Altantic provinces, the lower incomes are aggravated by a higher cost of living except in housing. If one uses as measures of social welfare, the number of telephones, infant mortality, proverty, number of doctors per hundred thousand inhabitants, education expenditure or almast any of the other indicators, the picture is again one of persistent disparities, with the Atlantic region trailing on almost all counts and Ontario just as consistently leading.