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What we've lost (5): Service
Fewer Canadians are willing to help their neighbours and build a better society
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The last 10 or 15 years have not been kind to Canada. Along with a decline in prosperity has come an erosion of the things that made our society great, a decline of what held us together and made us the envy of the world: things like resilience, friendship and service. In this series, National Post writers consider What We’ve Lost.
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If, as Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus claims, super-happiness comes from helping others, then Canada is becoming a sadder place. In the last decade, the number of Canadians willing to give their time in the service of others has plummeted.
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One primary reason is that an older cohort of Canadians who could be relied upon to offer a helping hand are aging out and not being replaced by a younger set.
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