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THE CANADIAN INDEX OF WELLBEING

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The purpose of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) is to provide Canadians with a clear, valid, and regular accounting of the things that matter to them and the genuine progress of Canada.

Our goal is to account honestly and accurately for changes in our human, social, economic and natural wealth through a new index that can best capture the full range of factors that determine wellbeing in Canada.

Our vision is that the CIW will help foster a common vision for the future of Canada and will be used as a basis for improving health and wellbeing outcomes that matter to Canadians.


 --- WHAT'S NEW WITH THE CIW ---

      

The latest issue of Reality Check Magazine has the scoop on the new CANADIAN INDEX OF WELLBEING

  

The Hon. Roy Romanow champions CANADIAN INDEX OF WELLBEING in speech to United Way of Canada's Conference 

     
         

                    

Click here for a PDF version of Reality Check

Read Mr. Romanw's Speech, The Canadian index of Wellbeing: Taking Measure of the Things that Count

 

Click here for here for a web-based (HTML) version

May 6, 2005

 

    Click here to play an excerpt of Mr. Romanow's Speech (5 mins)

    Play the full speech (33 mins)

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