well-being economy

Extractive corporations and the wealthy were the clear winners in the recent federal budget, with struggling Canadians and the environment sitting squarely on the losers' side. But Carney could’ve chosen a different path — one that is centred on the well-being of people and our one and only planet.

It is well known that health and well-being are importantly influenced by the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work, and age, including the quality and integrity of our natural environments. These are the social and ecological determinants of health. The unequal distribution and quality of those conditions create health inequities: differences in health and well-being between social groups that are unfair because they are avoidable.