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Saturday October 10, 2020

October 17, 2020 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday October 10, 2020

Canadians are rich, but this Thanksgiving, our well-being is trickier to measure

As we huddle in our homes, separated from friends and family by a pernicious virus, economics offers a measure of one thing Canadians have to be thankful for.

September 26, 2020

Gross domestic product, or GDP for short, a reckoning of things we make and services we sell, tells us Canada is a rich country in a poor world.

Depending on how you calculate it (there are subtle differences in methodology), as of last year, Canada as a whole was about as rich as Brazil or Russia.

But what makes Canadians really, really rich is that unlike Russia and Brazil, Canada’s enormous wealth is shared among a relatively small population. We have a high GDP per capita.

As you sit there this Thanksgiving weekend — grumbling about the politician or irresponsible age group to blame for trapping you in your home on this traditionally convivial holiday — it is easy to conclude that living in a rich country isn’t enough.

That is certainly the conclusion of Bryan Smale, director of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, a project currently located at Ontario’s University of Waterloo.

October 10, 2015

As he and his team continue their efforts to find out what Canadians really care about, their research has shown that being rich — under what their system classifies as “living standards” — is only a single one of eight crucial indicators, including health, leisure and community engagement, that are most likely to make us thankful. And for many of those indicators, COVID-19 has not been kind.

“The things that are emerging as being the most significant buffers [for well-being] are the degree to which people can continue their participation in a variety of leisure activities and their perceived access to those things, both of which have been compromised right now,” Smale said.

His research shows that going out into nature or a city park can relieve a sense of social isolation, as can interacting with strangers — even at a distance.

A well-known principle called the Easterlin Paradox, discovered by a U.S. economist, shows that after a certain point — somewhere near the official Canadian poverty level — we and the countries we live in don’t get happier as we get richer.

The COVID-19 Pandemic

One thing GDP does not do is measure happiness. Despite supporting GDP, Skuterud said it has other flaws.

“The biggest problem is that it ignores the distribution of economic wealth within a population,” he said.

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing is in no position to supersede GDP and has no plans to try, but for people like Lisa Wolff, policy and research director at UNICEF Canada who uses the CIW tools, the effects of wealth distribution are obvious and inescapable. (CBC) 


 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: 2020-34, Canada, Canadians, Coronavirus, covid-19, Donald Trump, Fall, map, maps, pandemic, Thanksgiving, turkey

Wednesday August 29, 2018

August 28, 2018 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday August 29, 2018

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Posted in: Canada Tagged: Autumn, beverages, Fall, food, Grim reaper, pumpkin, seasons, spike, Summer

Wednesday September 30, 2015

September 29, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Wednesday September 30, 2015 Mulcair cut a little too close last night The smart money Monday night at the Munk Debate on foreign policy was on NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair taking down Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. Dropping in the national opinion polls after his performance last week during the French-language, the view was he needed to attack Mr. Trudeau to gain back his momentum. Instead, he just got angry - and a little too personal. ÒHe doesnÕt understand debates because heÕs used to having people write lines for him,Ó Mr. Mulcair said at one point, suggesting Mr. Trudeau was lacking in intellect. The 2,500-member audience was packed into Roy Thomson Hall in downtown Toronto, and it was just as much part of the debate as were the leaders. The audience groaned at Mr. MulcairÕs remark, clearly not appreciating it. Earlier, the NDP Leader took a swipe at Mr. TrudeauÕs late father and former prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, for jailing Canadians without allowing them a trial under the War Measures Act during the 1970 October Crisis. (Some ÒoohsÓ and ÒahhsÓ from the audience could be heard.) Mr. Trudeau responded emotionally: ÒThroughout this campaign both of these gentlemen at various points have attacked my father. Let me say very clearly I am incredibly proud to be Pierre Elliott TrudeauÕs son.Ó He noted, too, it was Ò15 years ago tonight that he passed away É and I know that he wouldnÕt want us to be fighting the battles of the past, heÕd want us squarely focused on the future ÉÓ The low blows didnÕt help Mr. Mulcair. By the end of the evening, the smart money had moved to Stephen Harper and Mr. Trudeau and they shared the win. (Source: Globe & Mail) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mulcair-cut-a-little-too-close-last-night/article26580858/ Canada, elxn42, Thomas Mulcair, NDP, polls, election, 2015, campaign, surfing, seasons, Summer, Fall, beach

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday September 30, 2015

Mulcair cut a little too close last night

The smart money Monday night at the Munk Debate on foreign policy was on NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair taking down Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

Dropping in the national opinion polls after his performance last week during the French-language, the view was he needed to attack Mr. Trudeau to gain back his momentum.

Instead, he just got angry – and a little too personal.

“He doesn’t understand debates because he’s used to having people write lines for him,” Mr. Mulcair said at one point, suggesting Mr. Trudeau was lacking in intellect.

The 2,500-member audience was packed into Roy Thomson Hall in downtown Toronto, and it was just as much part of the debate as were the leaders. The audience groaned at Mr. Mulcair’s remark, clearly not appreciating it.

Earlier, the NDP Leader took a swipe at Mr. Trudeau’s late father and former prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, for jailing Canadians without allowing them a trial under the War Measures Act during the 1970 October Crisis. (Some “oohs” and “ahhs” from the audience could be heard.)

Mr. Trudeau responded emotionally: “Throughout this campaign both of these gentlemen at various points have attacked my father. Let me say very clearly I am incredibly proud to be Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s son.”

He noted, too, it was “15 years ago tonight that he passed away … and I know that he wouldn’t want us to be fighting the battles of the past, he’d want us squarely focused on the future …”

The low blows didn’t help Mr. Mulcair. By the end of the evening, the smart money had moved to Stephen Harper and Mr. Trudeau and they shared the win. (Source: Globe & Mail)

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Posted in: Canada Tagged: #elxn42, 2015, beach, campaign, Canada, election, election2015, Fall, NDP, polls, seasons, Summer, surfing, Thomas Mulcair

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