What makes Canada's middle-class better off than the US middle-class?

[polly7]

14. Pardon?

Career opportunities even around my rural in-the-sticks location are just as good as yours, I would imagine. We need professionals - doctors, lawyers, etc., blue-collar workers, service workers every bit as much as in the city, and we have them. Farmers and oil companies hire battery operators, truckers, mechanics, accountants, seasonal workers ... all sorts of people. We have health-care centers, elderly and palliative care homes, etc. that employ many, many people. We have sports centers, dining, fitness ... many small businesses. I work the odd day at my friend's bar to help her out, I see strangers all the time who've come for a job and enjoy it here.

What careers do you believe we might lack?

I make a decent living, and find my (meager, probably by your standards) income to provide quite sufficiently for all my needs. My health-care system provides very well for me. If I need prescriptions that are very expensive I can apply for coverage and benefits from our provincial special support program. I can choose my doctor, most times my specialist and I've never, ever had to wait any length of time that was harmful in any way.

Of course there aren't the number of jobs as there are in the city, but is that any different than any rural area anywhere?

I'm not sure what you're surprised about, honestly.