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"At
the root of it is a distribution problem," Smylie said in a telephone
interview. "We're an affluent country, but at a systems level we're
still not distributing all of our health and social resources equally to
all groups." Smylie said the social imbalance that sees aboriginals
struggling with higher than average levels of poverty is compounded by
the country's geography. Canada's vast size ensures that people living
in remote northern communities often have to travel dozens, even
hundreds, of kilometres to receive proper maternity care, Smylie
said. Such factors drive up infant mortality within the first year and by
extension those infants who do not survive their first 24 hours on
earth, she said.
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