Dennis Raphael's article:

  "From Increasing Poverty to Societal Disintegration:
   Economic Inequality and the Future Health of Canada"

 Is now available at:

 http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz/bnews2.htm#gap2


 Here are a few snippets from the article......


         "The growing gap between rich and poor has not been
         ordained by extraterrestrial beings.  It has been
         created by the policies of governments."


      Poverty in Canada is highly gendered. The highest risk group
      for poverty, and associated health effects, are single parent
      families, virtually all of which are headed by women.


      in 1973 the richest 10% of families in Canada made 21 times
      more than the poorest 10% of families.  By 1996, the richest
      10% of families made 314 times more than the poorest 10% of
      families.


      "What matters in determining mortality and health in a society
      is less the overall wealth of that society and more how evenly
      wealth is distributed.


     societies with greater economic inequality begin to "disintegrate"

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 I urge you to take a look at Dennis' article.
 You may want to pass it on to others.



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   Bob Olsen, Toronto            [log in to unmask]