PARIS — Canadians have a "better life" than anyone in the western world except — by a narrow margin — Australians, according to a new analysis released Tuesday.
Canada scored at or near the top in such areas as housing, education, health and life satisfaction, among 34 major industrialized countries.
Sweden ranked third among the members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; the U.S. was seventh; and Turkey was a distant last.
The Better Life Initiative survey marked a major attempt by the Paris-based OECD, an economic and social policy think-tank funded by its members, to provide a broader measure of a country's success than gross domestic product figures.
Roughly two-thirds of Canadians, or 66 per cent, "reported having helped a stranger in the last month, the highest figure in the OECD" and well above the average of 46 per cent.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
Just remember, to be number one, you have to try harder.
My lifestyle brings all the boys to the yard,
And they're like
It's better than yours,
Damn right, it's better than yours
I could teach you but I have to charge.
WE HAVE lots of space to ourselves, but comparatively little time.
A new survey of living standards across the leading 34 industrial nations finds Australia at or near the top on almost every measure, but towards the bottom on the question of free time.
Where we stand out at the bottom of the pack is in the hours spent at work. We are the sixth most likely to put in more than 50 hours a week. And we devote the sixth least time to sleep and personal care.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Lord Jim wrote:So Australia is a Number One and Canada is a Number Two?
More like Austrailia has taken a number one, (Gob taking the piss again, eh!), and Canada has taken a number two, and you know who we're on top of, correct?
Personally, I don’t believe in bros before hoes, or hoes before bros. There needs to be a balance. A homie-hoe-stasis, if you will.
Canadians have a "better life" than anyone in the western world except — by a narrow margin — Australians, according to a new analysis released Tuesday.
Weeelll by this they should be #1, Oz is in the East...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Canadians have a "better life" than anyone in the western world except — by a narrow margin — Australians, according to a new analysis released Tuesday.
Weeelll by this they should be #1, Oz is in the East...
Depends which way you travel to get there...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
