Canada’s Social Spending is Still Among the Lowest in the Industrialized World
Canada’s social spending, one of the key guarantors of reducing
inequality, is lagging among OECD countries, and that is slowing average
health improvements.
inequality, is lagging among OECD countries, and that is slowing average
health improvements.
According to the most-recent OECD figures, Canada’s social spending was only 17.3% of the national GDP.
As previously noted, that puts Canada’s investments in social programs “near the bottom of the industrialized world.”