NATURE

Sea, land, river

For earlier materials see Table of Contents

Poverty in PR	Causes: Personal vs structural?
	Right wing emphasizes former

See previous where PR schools score among worst in BC

Even many progressives see ‘solution’ in terms of getting children to enjoy reading etc
But PR has most extreme income inequality in BC etc thus as this page (and previous EDI report fro Rupert—see links below) emphasizes the social dimension of poverty/ marginality

All these figs cut from EDI publication
Socio-economic for North Coast (8.8Meg PDF)

Much of the income is spent on housing --

These are 2001 data so more current data should reflect lower rents due to high vacancies – assuming market responded – which may not be true for welfare recipients

	Low Income Cut off = LICO
	These are the type terms used by spin doctors on right to avoid saying ‘below poverty line’ etc

	Home Owning
	People on the margins by definition are just hanging on – presumably the area called ‘Center’ has more apartments and presumably older housing