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Canada's standard of living falling behind other advanced economies: TD (www.ctvnews.ca)
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A new economic report from TD says Canada is falling behind the standard-of-living curve compared to its peers.

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[–] zephyreks 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Considering how GDP is measured, this is more a sign of the real estate slowdown and the collapse of the O&G/fisheries industries than anything else.

What's more worrying is the lack of growth in Ontario/Quebec, which should be the economic engine of Canada.

[–] villasv 2 points 2 years ago

Indeed, as literally spelled out:

The report states that the decline is largely related to productivity. Regions like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador, where the economy relies heavily on the exchange of commodities, used to have the highest GDP per person, TD says. Over the past ten years, however, their lead has been challenged. Following the pandemic, only B.C. and P.E.I. have been able to raise their GDP per person levels they had in the years prior to COVID-19, TD reports.

This is a headline just because there's this catchy tradition of saying "standard of living = GDP per capita" which is misleading.