The discussion outlined here provides an opportunity for you and others to help identify goals that are appropriate for Canada in the 21st Century. By identifying what we value and then finding ways to measure whether related circumstances are getting better or worse, we will be able to steer our way more effectively into the future. We wish you luck and inspiration for organizing a meeting on this topic. Thank you for your interest and for any effort you make to get notes from your meeting back to us. We look forward to including your insights in the process of establishing new measures of well-being for Canada.
Goals are the seeds from which our future grows.
When we value something, we want to have it in our lives. Much of what we value we can provide either by ourselves or with the help of our families. Other things, like health care and communications systems require cooperation on a community or global level. Nutritious food, pure water and fresh air require whole ecosystems to maintain. People have long pooled resources to accomplish goals that are beyond their individual means.