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Inequalities in Health

From: Health and Wealth

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An overview of the health of the Canadian population in the late 1990s, and the impact on health of income, education, poverty, race, housing conditions, and unemployment. Aboriginal health levels are addressed. Variances in health based on income are set out.

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Monica Townson

MONICA TOWNSON is an independent economic consultant working in the field of social policy. She has been a consultant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, served on the Pension Commission of Ontario for eleven years and was a member of the Canada Pension Plan Advisory Board. She chaired the Ontario Fair Tax Commission which reported in 1993 after a three year review of the tax system. She is the author of many books and studies and a frequent guest on television and radio.