To be honest, I don't really know what the economy is like where I live, or in Canada actually.

I don't really pay much attention to the news. If I happen to be home or at work on break around the time it comes on TV, I will watch it, but I rarely read the news paper and there are times where I go weeks without hearing the news at all. Even when I do watch the news it mostly goes in one ear and out the other and after the news is over I couldn't tell you what was talked about.

I do know from a personal stand point that my personal situation has improved because I managed to get back to work after having been on disability for over 4 years.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi