POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Open Society, Employment-To-Population Ratio, Outsourcing
11 Apr 2014
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See ourselves as more compassionate/ tolerant than americans. Values that most canadians consider to be important: material well being. Material well-being: average real purchasing power of canadians was 2nd highest in the world with americans being 1st (for most of the last generation) Purchasing power parities (ppp): measure of average real purchasing power that takes into account both average nominal incomes and what a standardized currency unit can purchase in a country. If ppp"s are used to measure standardized purchasing power canadians are among the most affluent people in the world. Public problems are influenced by material conditions: more affluent countries can focus on environmental problems more so than social/ economic ones, poorer countries can"t. Employment is an important issue for canadians: canada three quarter of workers in service industry (sales, tourism), 14% in manufacturing, 4% in primary industries (farming), 6% in construction.
