Canadian cities top World's Most Liveable List

The Economic Intelligence Unit, an Economist run think tank, has released it's report on the world's most liveable cities, and Canada has come up with top ranks. Its cities have made the achievement of making up a fifth of the Top 20, with Vancouver actually ranking in the top spot in a list judged on the criteria of environment, culture, infrastructure, etc.

Canada should be very proud of its achievements in urban planning and social services. These are essential to its continued development and should be made a top priority. Although even cities like Vancouver have terrible problems with poverty and a drugs epidemic, for the middle-classes and well-off they are fantastic. The issue is not how to make life better for those already living a charmed life, but how to lift Canada's urban poor out of despair and destitution. Though these cities have been awarded such top marks in comparison to other metropolitan areas in the world, they should not rest on their laurels and bask in their achievements: they should constantly move towards further development of infrastructure and provision of social services, stamping out urban blight and poverty, and generally making life bearable for all residents.

Canada's top cities in the world are:
Vancouver- #1 position
Toronto- #4
Calgary- #5 (Shared with Perth, Australia)
Montréal- #17 (Shared with Paris)

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par Borges à 15:57

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