In the now seemingly annual pointless UN ranking of states Canada is ranked #6


Behind Australia. Norway #1

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...rnational/home


UK in 18th

I don't speak either blend of Norwegian, so it's all good!

Without doubt, Norway is by far the most boring place that I have lived and worked

Canada Rocks

I never knew Canada suffered from earthquakes, well you learn something new every day huh?

Good for them

Got told this evening by a Canuck that Britain is now the fattest country in the world.. (bear with me; relevance on the horizon) so off I pootle to the WHO website to look at cholesterol and BMI measurements and predictions for the next decade or so and 'lo and behold. Not only are Canada's mean cholesterol rates, and obesity rates higher than the UK's (mean BMI is the same) but diabetes is more prevalent too.

I still want to go like, I need to put some weight on anyway.

So what's the criteria then? Crime? Corruption levels in Govt? Incidences of pretty landscapes?

Ya had to ask!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

Dont worry about the weight...that takes care of itself once you get here. You need some bluber to withstand the winter I find...and a seasonal beard affectation.

The earth certainly moves here on the island from time to time.

Earthquakes, or does hubby make the earth move for you?

Not this year's, but I've actually read some of these reports.

Actually some sections are very interesting (to me). Now where's that nerd emoticon?

http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/

I just read some of the G&Ms readers reactions :scared: Apparently its all a scheme by those pinko UN types to promote socialism...and besides...who'd want to live in any of those frozen Scandinavian countries anyway (Australia anyone!!!)

Makes me proud to be a fair weather Canadian.

A rather surprising number of US residents seem to read or at least comment on G&M stories...but I guess from a US perspective its a left wing media outlet!

Iceland is far from from frozen and is not in Scandinavia! Its far milder in Iceland than most of Canada and telling an Icelander their country is in Scandinavia is akin to telling a Canadian that they're American! The correct term is that Iceland is a Nordic country.

These rankings are great for me though! I'm Irish, with plenty of ties to Iceland and I'm living in Canada, I must be ranked by the UN as one of world best citizens then

The five countries with the lowest scores were Guinea-Bissau in 173rd place, Burkina Faso as 174, Mali as 175, Sierra Leone as 176, and Niger 177. The report was unable to rank 17 countries, such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia, because there was insufficient data.

The first sentence doesn't surprise me in the least but the second one does.

Iraq? Afghanistan? Somalia?

Hard to rank?

We had an earthquake just north of Ottawa this year, the cat freaked right out!

Isn't also one of the most expensive places to live.

Raine

You didn't live in the right place, then.