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> "there were 825,000 fewer Canadians living in poverty in 2017 than there were in 2015" from official website. Yeah, that's meaningless. Those 825,000 could
by taborj 8y ago
> "there were 825,000 fewer Canadians living in poverty in 2017 than there were in 2015" from official website.
Yeah, that's meaningless. Those 825,000 could have been murdered and that statement would still be true.
- swsieber 8y agoYes. However 825,000 Canadians weren't murdered. Do you a plausible explanation for the stat that goes against the point being made that Canada is meaningfully decreasing poverty? Otherwise, that seems like a pretty useful stat.
- taborj 8y agoRight, but my point is that statement on its own doesn't mean 825,000 people are now living above the poverty line. How many of them moved out of Canada? How many are deceased? All this tells us is the numbers came up different. It doesn't give facts about why.