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Originally Posted by EmotivE
How about these facts that a found in my Canadian Poltics Textbook:
1) As proud as we are of our welfare state, the richest 1/5 of our population possesses 44% of our income.
2)Newfoundland has a 16.1% unemployment rate (whereas Alberta has a 4.6% unemployment rate)
3)Trade with the U.S. accounts for 1/3 of the Candian Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
4)2/3 of television viewing time in English Canada is spent watching American programs (This becomes 90% in relation to drama and comedy viewing time).
5)Only 59.1% of Canadian's mother tongues is English (With 22.9% being French and 18% as "other").
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1) wow, something to strive for. I don't ever want to be on welfare.
2) Now that Alberta has no debt, N&L'ers can move there during the off season (when there is no fishing - which represents the unemployemt numbers) and find employment and training...
3) the fruits of NAFTA? The natural result of geography and economics?
4) Last night I watched the CBC special on the best Canadian, and then the Sopranos. 50/50 --- skewing the numbers in the interest of patriotism!!
5) Ni hao mah?
