Well. It ain't any different here my friend. We have about 23%of the population on welfare of some kind and another 11% or so on "subsidized income". Which is welfare. Then we have a whole lot of seasonal arctic workers who collect "employment insurance" all winter.

All said, I think Canada has a Labour participation rate among the worst in the world.

Then there's the the 30%or so that bust our bodies, work 60-70 hrs a week, to pay for it all.

Canada is not the socialized utopia it is made out to be....

Still, I'd rather be here in the prairies than anywhere else.