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One last kick at the can

Correspondence to:
Professor I B Pless, Editor; barry.pless@mcgill.ca

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In the past I have commented on what should be viewed by our political masters as a source of great embarrassment. I am referring to the appalling results reported by Unicef’s Innocenti Research Center year after year for some countries. I do so again following the arrival of Report Card 7, Child poverty in perspective: an overview of child well-being in rich countries.¹ The sub-title of the report is "A comprehensive assessment of the lives and well-being of children and adolescents in the economically advanced nations." Only included are data from OECD countries but that should be enough to make many of us sit up and take notice.

In particular, I call attention (not to you, dear reader, but to the most senior politician you voted for) to the chart that shows the ranking of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA with respect to deaths from . . . [Full text of this article]