Re: Canada's claim to be best country may be shot down

1998-09-09 Thread peter stoyko
Greetings all ... As someone who makes his living trafficking in international income distribution statistics, I feel obligated to respond to this misleading item by Dennis Bueckert - or, perhaps, his recantation of an increasingly popular but misleading view. My case is simply put. 1.

Re: Canada's claim to be best country may be shot down

1998-09-09 Thread Tom Walker
peter stoyko wrote, As someone who makes his living trafficking in international income distribution statistics, I feel obligated to respond to this misleading item by Dennis Bueckert - or, perhaps, his recantation of an increasingly popular but misleading view. My case is simply put. - snip

Re: Canada's claim to be best country may be shot down

1998-09-09 Thread Tor Forde
Tom Walker wrote: The Calgary Herald Sept. 8, 1998 Canada's claim to be best country may be shot down By DENNIS BUECKERT OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's claim to be the world's best country to live in will take a hit when the United Nations

Re: Canada's claim to be best country may be shot down

1998-09-09 Thread peter stoyko
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Tom Walker wrote: [ snip ] 1995 is a watershed year for inequality and poverty in Canada, precisely because federal and provincial budgets introduced in that year have drastically increased income inequality. There is something disingenuous about calling Bueckert's item