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10-05-2009, 07:35 AM
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Canada fourth best place to live: UN survey
Norway tops UN human development index
Agence France-Presse: Monday, October 5, 2009 8:07 AM
PARIS - Norway takes the number one spot in the annual United Nations human development index released Monday, while Canada ranks fourth in the list.
The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan.
The index compiled by the UN Development Program (UNDP) ranks 182 countries based on such criteria as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.
The United States ranks 13th, down one spot from last year.
China moved up seven places on the list to rank as the 92nd most developed country due to improvements in education as well as income levels and life expectancy.
Colombia and Peru rose five spaces to rank 77th and 78th while France — which was not part of the top 10 last year — returns to the upper echelons by moving up three places to number 8.
The UNDP said the index highlights the grave disparities between rich and poor countries.
A child born in Niger can expect to live to just over 50, which is 30 years less than a child born in Norway. For every dollar a person earns in Niger, 85 dollars are earned in Norway.
This year's index was based on data from 2007 and does not take into account the impact of the global economic crisis.
"Many countries have experienced setbacks over recent decades, in the face of economic downturns, conflict-related crises and the HIV and AIDS epidemic," said the UN development report's author Jeni Klugman.
"And this was even before the impact of the current global financial crisis was felt."
Afghanistan, which returns to the list for the first time since 1996, is the only Asian country among the bottom ten which also include Sierra Leone in the 180th spot, just below the Central African Republic.
Niger ranks at the very bottom, just below Afghanistan.
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| Let's keep it that way by making sure immigrants don't change this country and destroy the very reason why they came here in the first place.
EDIT: Yeah...... just used the news story to get my message in there. I'm just sick and tired of hearing about the threats against our way of life. I love it here. I don't mind immigrants. Welcome it, but please don't try to change our country. It's bad enough delaing with those fucktards in Quebec whining and wanting to leave. Do they not know how lucky we are here?
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10-05-2009, 07:45 AM
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As an immigrant, I love vancouver for the following things.
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10-05-2009, 07:46 AM
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Did you know that up until the 80s, every French speaking country in the world had not only a Canadian Consulate, but also a separate Quebec Consulate?
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10-05-2009, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by achiam  Did you know that up until the 80s, every French speaking country in the world had not only a Canadian Consulate, but also a separate Quebec Consulate? | No way............. fricken french bastards!
During WWII most of them refused to fight for our country and to free their own home land, France. We should have deported them to Australia (British Penal colony) back in 1812 when the British kicked their little derriere's.
Oh wait............ perhaps Australia, which is ranked 2nd in this year's list would be somewhere lower on the list if that were to have happened........ hahahahaha...........
OK, not fair. Not all Frenchies want to leave our country, just 65%. The rest are Metis.
Still can't beat french women.............oh well.
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10-05-2009, 08:09 AM
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I didn't think Iceland would beat Canada
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10-05-2009, 08:44 AM
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wtf iceland? What is their population? Lol
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I've heard some awesome things about the women there. Honestly, Iceland is supposed to be much nicer than Greenland. You wouldn't know it by their names.
On a side note, my comments towards the French Canadian bastards were just tongue in cheek. I have plenty of French Canadian friends and colleagues. I bug them all the time. They're cool with it. The few Metis friends I have are even more fun to poke at. I can tell french and First Nations jokes.
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10-05-2009, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Simplex123 wtf iceland? What is their population? Lol | I'm assuming you think China and India should top the list based off their size? 
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Norway and Iceland shouldn't be higher than Aust and Can, simply due to the fact that you can't just move there to live, their immigration laws aren't as loose as Aust and Can.
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10-05-2009, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Wongtouski Norway and Iceland shouldn't be higher than Aust and Can, simply due to the fact that you can't just move there to live, their immigration laws aren't as loose as Aust and Can. | That's exactly why they are rated higher than Canada.
Canada lets some great people into the country but they also let in all kinds of retards that fuck up our system, drain tax dollars etc. It is no one specific race of people contrary to what some people might feel.
The fact that Canada is rated 4th is pretty surprising if you ask me.
There is a joke with the securities people running FINTRAC saying that the odds of Canada having a terrorist attack are very minimal because most of the terrorist live here.
I have been to Norway and the place is wonderful. They keep it that way by telling everyone else to gtfo unless they have something they want.
Typically the only people that end up going there are people who are invited or apply and have a skill that the country really wants. Also, you go through everything shy of a polygraph test to make sure you're on the up and up.
If you're a doctor with a lot of cash but have some shady family members they probably will deny your application. Living somewhere should be a privilege, not a right. This is something a lot of people in Canada do not appreciate nor understand.
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Let's just say a lot of people in Canada take it's own country for granted. We have so many great services that people don't realize. If you all look at the other countries and compare it, they don't even come close. Everyone just whines about this and that yet they never look at the bigger picture of how generous our country is. Just my two cents.
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Originally Posted by silk As an immigrant, I love vancouver for the following things.
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2) CBC Girl
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Originally Posted by silk As an immigrant, I love vancouver for the following things.
1) Vancouver Canucks
2) CBC Girl
3) Weed
4) Recongized education certificate
5) Tasty Salmon | Is it CBC Girl the member or CBC girl s?
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Originally Posted by Chuck Norris That's exactly why they are rated higher than Canada.
Canada lets some great people into the country but they also let in all kinds of retards that fuck up our system, drain tax dollars etc. It is no one specific race of people contrary to what some people might feel.
The fact that Canada is rated 4th is pretty surprising if you ask me.
There is a joke with the securities people running FINTRAC saying that the odds of Canada having a terrorist attack are very minimal because most of the terrorist live here.
I have been to Norway and the place is wonderful. They keep it that way by telling everyone else to gtfo unless they have something they want.
Typically the only people that end up going there are people who are invited or apply and have a skill that the country really wants. Also, you go through everything shy of a polygraph test to make sure you're on the up and up.
If you're a doctor with a lot of cash but have some shady family members they probably will deny your application. Living somewhere should be a privilege, not a right. This is something a lot of people in Canada do not appreciate nor understand. | I know what you mean, but that's not really the point. Ok , say you're not from any of these countries and you read that list, wouldn't you look at that list and say to yourself that that list is a form of advertisement? The idea of that list isn't far from a top 10 list of cars or clothes, you're in a way indirectly inviting people to come when you tell them how wonderful your place is to live.
By the way I am always surprised when Canada is at the top ten.
random question: say an blackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk african guy got to move to Norway, how is that place great for him?
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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Let's keep it that way by making sure immigrants don't change this country and destroy the very reason why they came here in the first place | HAHA if it wasn't for Canadian immigrants bringing with them their zeal, hard-work, capital, expertise, and culture-Canada would not be the wealthy country it is now.
My dad was a poor immigrant from Communist China and in time he was able to build from the ground up two very successful companies, employing many native born Canadians, put both his kids (who were born here) through university AND be able to retire comfortably by the age of 50. How many native Canadians, with all the advantages that it entails-can claim to have accomplished so much is such short a time?
Your ignorance is not only extremely distasteful but outright dangerous to our very way of life. As a CBC, I am ashamed that so many of my fellow Canadians are so boneheaded.
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10-05-2009, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ctsport How many native Canadians, with all the advantages that it entails-can claim to have accomplished so much is such short a time?
Your ignorance is not only extremely distasteful but outright dangerous to our very way of life. As a CBC, I am ashamed that so many of my fellow Canadians are so boneheaded. |
How many? A lot...? I'm honestly shocked that you would comment on ignorance immediately after such a stupid statement.
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Originally Posted by ctsport HAHA if it wasn't for Canadian immigrants bringing with them their zeal, hard-work, capital, expertise, and culture-Canada would not be the wealthy country it is now.
My dad was a poor immigrant from Communist China and in time he was able to build from the ground up two very successful companies, employing many native born Canadians, put both his kids (who were born here) through university AND be able to retire comfortably by the age of 50. How many native Canadians, with all the advantages that it entails-can claim to have accomplished so much is such short a time?
Your ignorance is not only extremely distasteful but outright dangerous to our very way of life. As a CBC, I am ashamed that so many of my fellow Canadians are so boneheaded. | You know what I'm ashamed of? "Canadians" who feel the need to add their country of origin or lineage into their identity (looking primarily at you, chinese and french people). When someone asks me where what I am, my answer is definatively "Canadian". I don't make a deal out of the fact that my parents were Icelandic and Norwegian. I'm not a "Scandanavian Canadian". I'm ashamed to live in a country that seems to have such a fractured identity. It shouldn't matter where someone is from. If they're a Canadian citizen, whether born into it, or immigrated, their identity should include the sort of tolerance and acceptance that your post neglected to show.
From Wikipedia (for ease of finding stats to link)
Ethnic groups
32.2% Canadian
21.0% English
15.8% French
15.1% Scottish
13.9% Irish
10.2% German
4.6% Italian
4.0% South Asian
3.9% Chinese
3.9% Ukranian
3.8% Aboriginal
3.3% Dutch
3.2% Polish
2.5% Black
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Originally Posted by Eugene You know what I'm ashamed of? "Canadians" who feel the need to add their country of origin or lineage into their identity (looking primarily at you, chinese and french people). | i agree 100%, when ppl ask me what am i or "where i hail from" i say Canada and they're like "wtf?" -_-
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lol ur a fucking idiot you know how much of canada's economic growth depends on immigrants
why is change used in a negative context? at least we're not the US thats a huge melting pot filled with boarder hoppers and hoodlums killing each other off in the ghetto
when the population of canada is the size of california, don't expect everyone in the world to conform to you... you're gonna get swallowed and left in the dust thinking wtf just happened...
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Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Let's keep it that way by making sure immigrants don't change this country and destroy the very reason why they came here in the first place.
EDIT: Yeah...... just used the news story to get my message in there. I'm just sick and tired of hearing about the threats against our way of life. I love it here. I don't mind immigrants. Welcome it, but please don't try to change our country. It's bad enough delaing with those fucktards in Quebec whining and wanting to leave. Do they not know how lucky we are here? | Canada is a great country cause immigrants come here and we do change it. Otherwise we'd be a carbon copy of Europe where most original immigrants came from.
Try not to be so racist.
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Canada is a great country cause immigrants come here and we do change it. Otherwise we'd be a carbon copy of Europe where most original immigrants came from.
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No, the problem is that people try to CHANGE it. They should be helping ADD to it. Semantics, sure, but an important distinction. If you want to live in a certain country, live in that country. If you want to take aspects of that and add that to Canada's cultural and societal diversity, that's welcome. But if an immigrant comes here to Canada, I damn well want to see them speaking some degree of English or French, and interacting outside of their ethnic background. The "Canadian dream" is for example a Vietnamese couple who moves to small town Sasketchewan who starts and successfully operates for the sake of argument a convenience store. They probably interact with other people in the community (who are probably not Vietnamese in ethnicity). The people there are introduced to a foreign culture they would not have had any contact with otherwise, and the couple may have a better life than they would have had back in Vietnam. That's good. That's Canada. I have no respect for people who move to Canada, never learn how to speak one of our languages, and have never seen outside of Richmond or Brampton...
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Listen, this thread is just going to degregate into a large flamewar between immigrants vs locals. I recognize the fact that immigration brings in a large amount of economic wealth into Canada. But, I also recognize that immigration brings about social change in terms of the "Canadian" culture.
My question to you guys is what defines Canadian culture? how do we differeniate ourselves from America other than certain Canadian Stereotypes? Keep in mind that this country is still very young and that we have already affected dramatic change to the individuals who originally settled in Canada (aboriginals).
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There are visible minorities in Nordic countries.. eg they adopted a lot of Korean orphans in the 70s and 80s.
The majority of them do well, since social support structure (day care etc) are state paid and people make use of it. Quote:
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