POL214Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Glass Ceiling, Charter Of The French Language, Msnbc
8 Apr 2014
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Canada remains among the richest in terms of purchasing power parties. This affects problems of poverty, due to the fact our situation is better than most(ex) Unemployment rate in ontario is much higher due to outsourcing, the process of moving jobs to locations where they pay less. This has helped the service economy become dominant compared to the blue collar one. Canada has image of no poor and no rich(false) Gap of rich and poorer less than in other industrialized countries, which social security benefits included. Poverty lines: poverty lines are relative, are research tool for measuring groups of income, some are better than others. Native canadians are lowest unemployed, reserve rate only half of average. Only 50% of natives get their money from working, 49% percent below poverty line. Canada has less crime and poverty than states. However natives have bad quality of life. Quality of life depends on material well being to many.
