As Canada slides down the quality-of-life indexes and many once-poor countries climb up them, Canadians may find themselves having to readjust their image of their country.
Canada, once the global icon for quality of living, is now on par in some respects with Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Croatia, and other former communist countries of Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, it’s lagging behind countries such as Kuwait in terms of happiness, Thailand in terms of safety, and Slovenia in terms of health care. The good news remains, though, that the country still has a lot of potential.
