Rich World, Poor World, Vol. 19 Book

This book is about how Canada has changed, very much for the worse, in the last twenty years . Asa result of these profund ( often hidden ) changes, we are no longer the people we think we are . In comparsion with others we now contribute far less abroad to help others nations than we like to believe . At home, while the rich are getting even richer, we share less and less with our most deserving fellow citzens , notably kids living in poverty . The shocks in this book build up , chapter by chapter. How do we rank in the world in voter turnout ? Try 109 th . Number of physicians per 100,000 population? Try 54 th . Education spending as a percentage of all government expenses ? Incredible , we,re 90 th . Some of the facts are internal , comparing Canada then and now. They back up two of the books most powerful themes; the failure of Canadian big business to turn record profits into productioins investment and research in our country, and ( no concidenc ) the selling of our asseets ar a rate that no other country would allow, as our major companies arev taken over and ' HALLOWED OUT ." cONTROVERSIALLY, THE BOOK PRODUCES BEFORE AND AFTER FIGURES THAT SUGGEST THAT THE fREE tRADE DEAL AND nafta ( SOFTWOOD LUMBER ANYONE? ) HAVE ACTUALLY HARMED cANADA . The statistics- based book ranges all across all mareas of our lives - including health , wages, productivity, culture , the media ( 'the most concentrated, culture in the world ) , and much else , Mel Hurtig message is that we ca,t do anything to fix the direction we,re drifting in unless we recognize it - and recognize THE TRUTH CANADA