This is pure BS!!!!
Who did they poll???? Irving employees who wee force to say they're happy???
But I will give credit where it's due!
The poll must have been done in the bars????
The Bars are super friendly compare to Fredericton!!!
Saint John, N.B., is happiest city in Canada, says UBC researcher
The Canadian Press
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Saint John is the happiest city in Canada.
The New Brunswick city was one of several Atlantic Canadian centres to score well in a satisfaction study conducted by the University of British Columbia.
Sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the findings were based on survey data provided by Statistics Canada.
John Helliwell, an economics professor at UBC, examined close to 100,000 responses to Stats Canada’s ethnic diversity survey of 2002 and its general social survey of 2003.
‘‘The magic is to find out, not only how happy people are with their lives, but to situate them in communities (and) explain why people who are happy are happy,’’ Helliwell said.
Saint John led the pack with a life satisfaction score of 8.6 out of 10, which Helliwell said makes it among the happiest cities not only in Canada, but the world.
‘‘That’s pretty high,’’ he said. ‘‘Denmark is the highest country and runs about 8.1 or 8.2. Saint John is operating in pretty rarified territory, so something’s going well.’’
Quebec City placed second on the survey while Charlottetown was third. Moncton, N.B., and Kitchener, Ont., tied for fourth while St. John’s, N.L., was sixth.
Rounding out the Top 10, in order, were Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg and Halifax.
Helliwell said it’s no coincidence that smaller communities scored higher than bigger ones.
He said trusting others is important and those kind of connections are easier to make in smaller cities.
‘‘Having a community that’s stable enough to get to know people is important,’’ he said.
4 comments:
well they didn't include Fredericon in thear survey or the results would have been differant
30% below poverty level.
Happiest people.
Think about it.
Charles Leblanc enjoys his life more than the Irvings,
maybe even,thanks to the Irvings.
Great essay for our kids,"what is happiness and how is it attained"?
Whoops,forget it,our kids can't read,write or spell.The french immersion syndrome.
No wait,maybe thats why they are so happy,MORE IMMERSION!!!
IMAGINE,NEVER ABLE TO READ AN IRVING OR ONTARIO PAPER.BEAUTIFUL.
Reminds me,years ago,showing pictures,on TV,of the beautiful people of Africa,walking across their country,,vision TV saying,PLEASE donate to US to help these people,"thats a haha".
I read the books,The african people love to travel that beautiful country,they carry their life with them ,they are happy,in fact,the rich pay thousands of dollars to try to be like them.
Bushmen/San
The 'Bushmen' are the oldest inhabitants of southern Africa, where they have lived for at least 20,000 years. Their home is in the vast expanse of the Kalahari desert.
Maasai
The Maasai, famous as herders and warriors, once dominated the plains of East Africa.
No SUV'S ??
Hey Charlie, Word on the street is that the Irvings are on the hunt for those rtesponseible for the "GREED" stickers that are all over the city of Saint John.
I guess they put a few good men out to accomplish their mission.
Questions are being asked and certain people are being watched so it's just a matter of time for those who are still in hiding.
This is not old news because I heard it from two different sources while visiting The Brunswick Square Mall yesterday.
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