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: Yet the United Nations says Canadians are verging on blissful these days, so better click on that smiley icon if you are filling in any form that asks for nationality, according to Globe and Mail. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Jim Prentice says he ‘will fight for every single pipeline project.’ The Canadian Press Multimedia Alberta election: Where the parties stand on the top campaign issues Multimedia Seven key budget targets and why they matter Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau and Stephen HarperELECTION 2015As the federal election year begins, how are the Tories, NDP and Liberals preparing for the campaign According to the World Happiness Report released this week by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Canada is the fifth happiest country, up one spot from the group previous report two years ago. No Well, perhaps you haven’t, given the winter we just went through, and the elections we are about to go through. Switzerland is so happy it keeps wetting itself laughing, followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway … and us. Certainly, one would never equate happiness with what Canadians are feeling about their politics and politicians. It is entirely possible, of course, that this survey, like so very many taken in the modern era of landline-less phones and online clicks – just check recent election predictions in Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario – is somewhat out of sync with Canadian reality. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.