There is a crisis in Canada, a crisis that won¡t go away. I am talking about the many disparities that face Canadians everyday. Regional disparities are not new to Canada, nor are they unique to this country. There is little evidence of progress toward greater economic equality of income, and employment opportunity. This country must get to the root of the problem. All Canadians are or should be aware that Canada is a regional country. We usually think of six regions;
             But most of the time we reduce that to three areas;
             Income is one of the most obvious measures of inequality. This is a measure of income earned from employment, from employment, farm income, business, income and investment income, plus income received from government transfer payments.
             Without these transfer payments the poorer countries would be worse off then they are at present.
             Canada¡s economic growth is taking place unevenly across the country. As a result, the income disparities among provinces show little sign of decreasing. There is a saying ¡§The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.¡ Even per capita the situation is the same.
             The wealthiest, as well as the most populous provinces are Ontario and Quebec, followed by British Columbia and Alberta.
             Average per capita income is highest in B.C., Alberta and Ontario and lowest in Newfoundland and P.E.I. *There¡s a chart in your blue books on page 537*
             Follow this by Economic differences.
             However it is not only the low level of wages that contribute to lower incomes in the poorer regions. With the exception of the Prairies the l
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