Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Trailer Park Boys finale - Countdown to Liquor Day movie

Countdown to Trailer Park Boys movie - The Globe and Mail
This, apparently, is to be the last Trailer Park Boys film. The movie hits the big screen this Friday.
A promotional photo for TRAILER PARK BOYS COUNTDOWN TO LIQUOR DAY shows John Paul Tremblay (left), Mike Smith (centre) and Robb Wells in the Mike Clattenburg directed film.


Healthcare around the World

BBC NEWS | Health | Healthcare around the world

Healthcare figures
US, UK, France and Singapore are compared in this news item.

Here are the Canadian numbers compared to the US

Expenditure on health % GDP (Wikipedia - 2005): US: 15.2% , Canada: 9.8%
Expenditure on health per capita (Wikipedia - 2005): US: US$6,347 per capita, Canada: US$3,463 per capita
Expenditure from the private sector (Wikipedia - 2005): US: 55% , Canada: 30%
Live Expectancy (Wikipedia - CIA World Factbook 2009 estimates): US: 78.11 (ranked 50th on this list) , Canada: 81.23 (ranked 8th on this list)
Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per thousand)  (from Wikipedia - CIA World Factbook 2009 estimates): US: 6.3, Canada: 4.8
Population without healthcare: US: 15.3%, Canada: 0%




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