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A left-wing progressive standard-bearer has won Toronto’s mayoral election, triumphing in a historically crowded field of 102 candidates.
Olivia Chow, 66, said she will work to build a city that is “more caring, affordable and safe”.
The race had focused largely on affordability and public safety.
Regional vice-president John Williston said the premier was “over the top” and “aggressive” when he shouted at the member of the PC provincial council on the weekend.
Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto ranked in the top 10 according to a long-running Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest survey, the Global Liveability Index 2023 ranking of 173 metropolises.
For 2023, the world’s 10 most livable cities according to the EIU are:
Least liveable of the cities ranked include Douala, Cameroon; Kyiv, Ukraine; Harare, Zimbabwe; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Karachi, Pakistan; Lagos, Nigeria; Algiers, Algeria; Tripoli, Libya; Damascus, Syria.
Read the report » Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Index 2023
Lower productivity almost always equals lower living standards.
Overall, the median household income in the U.S. is just under $71,000 per year. For Canada, it’s just over $78,000 Canadian dollars, which is equivalent to roughly $62,000 in equivalent purchasing power in the U.S. While this data is not entirely comparable, GDP per capita is strongly related to average incomes, even within Canada.
Per Capita GDP in each US state and Canadian province in 2022,
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