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Is Poverty on the Rise or on the Decline? Statistics Canada compiles information about low income in Canada. Access its site through the McConnell-Brue-Barbiero Web site (Chapter 14) and answer the following questions:
a.   Is the percentage of the population living below Statistics Canada's low-income cut-off higher or lower than in the previous year reported? Compared to a decade earlier?
b.   Is the poverty rate (in percent) higher or lower than the previous year for the general population and children under 18 and the elderly?





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