And people say there is no media biased in this country. Just imagine if this happened under chretien , there would be a statue of the man built. And what does this say about the people living in parks screaming about poverty being out of control in this country? Now imagine if those people went out and got a job the rate would even be lower. Now let the spin begin.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/canada/Poverty+rate+drops+lowest+level+ever+media+turns+blind/8697076/story.html
In 2011, the latest year for which StatsCan has figures, the proportion of the population living on low income — that is, with incomes below the agency’s Low Income Cut-off (LICO) — fell to its lowest level … well, ever. At just 8.8 per cent, it beat the previous record of 9.0 per cent, set in 2010. As recently as 1996, it was at 15.2 per cent. In 1965, the first year for which LICO rates were calculated, it was 25 per cent.