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The Canadian Prosperity Report is not very encouraging, specially when compared to American lifestyle. It said that Canadians have less purchasing power and they live in smaller homes, something like 2,000 sq. ft. That the average Canadian worker in 1981 was producing 87 percent of what the average American worker did. In 2007, the Canadian output is only 79 percent and the country is at risk of falling even further behind.

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