HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Mount Everest, Health Canada, Snowmobile
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Slide 27: picture of map of canada with nunavut circled, most of the attention was paid to the far north and in particular nunavut which receives the (cid:448)ast (cid:373)ajority of nnc su(cid:271)sidies at 44%. The auditor ge(cid:374)eral"s re(cid:448)ie(cid:449) of the progra(cid:373) does (cid:374)ot illuminate the nature of the situation in the provincial norths. Slide 28: picture of map of canada where the northern area of the provinces (from west and all the way east are highlighted), the yellow band here roughly shows the geographic area of the provincial north in canada. This area has primarily remote communities that are not connected to the south by roads. Comparison of healthy food basket cost for a family of four* (by ecozone) to ottawa: a likely combination of insufficient wages, lack of employment and the high cost of food is a contributing factor to high food insecurity.