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Proposals for a Northern Market Basket Measure and its disposable income / by Burton Gustajtis, Keith Lam and Sarah McDermott.CS75-0002/2021-1E-PDF

"As stated in the Poverty Reduction Act, the Market Basket Measure (MBM) is now Canada's Official Poverty Line. The Northern Market Basket Measure (MBM-N) is an adaptation of the MBM that reflects life and conditions in two of the territories – Yukon and Northwest Territories. As with the MBM, the MBM-N is comprised of five major components: food, clothing, transportation, shelter and other necessities. The MBM-N is intended to capture the spirit of the existing MBM (i.e., represent a modest, basic standard of living) while accounting for adjustments to the contents of the MBM to reflect life in the North. This discussion paper describes a proposed methodology for the five components found in the MBM-N, as well as its disposable income. This discussion paper also provides an opportunity for feedback and comments on the proposed methodology of the MBM-N"--Page 3.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitleProposals for a Northern Market Basket Measure and its disposable income / by Burton Gustajtis, Keith Lam and Sarah McDermott.
Series title
  • Income research paper series
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Propositions pour une mesure du panier de consommation du Nord et son revenu disponible.
  • Issued also in HTML format.
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 12).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, January 5, 2021.
  • ©2021
Author / Contributor
  • Gustajtis, Burton, author.
Description1 online resource (12 pages) : colour illustrations.
ISBN9780660369259
Catalogue number
  • CS75-0002/2021-1E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number75F0002M
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