The Economist Gets a Proper Canadian Rebuke
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark takes to Twitter to reassure her Vancouver constituents.
Tuesday night on Twitter, the 35th Premier of British Columbia threw it back in The Economist’s face.
Relax Vancouver. I get called boring too. It means things work. Besides, can’t argue with The Economist. They’re experts on boring.
— Christy Clark (@christyclarkbc) May 27, 2015
The reason for the tweet was a recent article in the magazine with the permalink /boring-cities and the affirmation that when author Gulliver used to do “livability” rankings of cities around the world, places like Vancouver always rose to the top:
The report was aimed at firms who sent expatriate managers to far-flung places, to determine whether they needed to pay a hardship allowance.
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