Alo Japan1d ago
https://www.alojapan.com/1247254/i-dont-enjoy-life-japan-ranks-least-content-optimistic-among-30-nations-surveyed/ ‘I don’t enjoy life’: Japan ranks least content, optimistic among 30 nations surveyed #BankOfJapan #Colombia #France #HiromiMurakami #India #Ipsos #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #LivingCosts #news #PensionSystem #PoliticalInertia #QualityOfLife #RisingInflation #SocialMedia #Tokyo Only 13 per cent of Japanese people are satisfied with their quality of life, and just 15 per cent expect it to improve, according to a new global survey…
‘I don’t enjoy life’: Japan ranks least content, optimistic among 30 nations surveyed

Only 13 per cent of Japanese people are satisfied with their quality of life, and just 15 per cent expect it to improve, according to a new global survey – the lowest levels among 30 countries polled – reflecting what experts describe as deepening sense of disillusionment amid rising living costs, demographic strain and political inertia.The survey, conducted by France-based research firm Ipsos, gathered responses from nearly 24,000 people across Europe, Asia and North America, including about 2,000 from Japan. The results revealed that life satisfaction in Japan lagged behind even many developing nations such as Colombia, India, Indonesia and

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Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 3

2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/data-analysis-er-closures-three-years-2024-worst-year-for-scheduled-closures-1.7396789

* 1/5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns

Comment: it's this crap that gets incumbent governments voted out of office

#Canada #Ontario #USpol #CanPol #politics #governance
#PoliticalInertia #FailureToGovern #FailureToLead #PoliticalCorruption
#apathy #PoliticalApathy #SocialAlienation #PoliticalDissafection
#populism #democracy #DemocraticBacksliding

2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds | CBC News

Over the past three years, at least 38 hospitals with emergency rooms or urgent care centres in Ontario have experienced closures — about one in five of the province's 176 publicly funded facilities. Most are in rural areas.

CBC
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 3

/1
... and this is the crap that disaffects voters, gets right-wing/far-right populists (with no solutions or costing, of course) elected:

B.C. emergency room closed for 3rd time in 9 days
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113456880931668244

Halifax woman waited 3 years for MRI that showed she had brain tumor
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-woman-3-years-mri-that-showed-she-had-brain-tumour-1.7398080

#USpol #CanPol #politics #governance
#PoliticalInertia #FailureToGovern #FailureToLead #PoliticalCorruption
#apathy #PoliticalApathy #SocialAlienation #PoliticalDissafection #populism

Halifax woman waited 3 years for MRI that showed she had brain tumour | CBC News

A Halifax resident is frustrated after waiting more than three years for an MRI that showed a benign brain tumour and she’s worried others are suffering because of an inefficient system.

CBC
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 17

Eby says new B.C. cabinet built around 'kitchen table' issues: affordability, homes
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/eby-says-new-b-c-cabinet-built-around-kitchen-table-issues-affordability-homes-1.7113321

Comments - we'll see
* I personally like Eby/voted NDP
* razor thin electoral victory
* As I state in Trump2 threads voter anger/abandonment over unaddressed social issues (food cost; inflation; housing; reduced public services: emerg. rooms/OR, 9-11 lines; employment ...) leads to incumbents voted out of office (regardless of egregiousness of opposition)

#VoterAnger #PoliticalInertia

Eby says new B.C. cabinet built around 'kitchen table' issues: affordability, homes

Premier David Eby says the British Columbia cabinet he introduces Monday will be tasked with focusing on issues voters strongly told the government they are most concerned about: affordability, health care, community safety, housing and the economy.

British Columbia
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 10

/2
... and this is the crap that disaffects voters, gets right-wing/far-right populists (with no solutions or costing, of course) elected:

B.C. emergency room closed for 3rd time in 9 days
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-emergency-room-closed-for-3rd-time-in-9-days-1.7104642

* wealthy country
* pressing problems
* ineffectual leadership
* no solutions
* political stagnation
* suffering populace
* populist shills
* far-right blowback

#BC #politics #PoliticalInertia

B.C. emergency room closed for 3rd time in 9 days

The emergency department at South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver, B.C., will be closed for 31 hours this weekend, the second such closure in a week and the third since the start of November.

British Columbia