By Pepper Parr
June 29th, 2017
BURLINGTON, ON
Information comes to us in many different forms.
Print has been with us forever – radio has that instant aspect top it.
The internet has allowed a lot of information to get put out where everyone can see it and in many instances respond to it as well.
One of the problems is that we don’t always know who is writing the information and how accurate it is. We now talk of the “spin” that gets put on information. Frequently when a government has bad news they will have some of their senior people get before the media and give the information the interpretation they want a public to have.
Without accurate reliable information a society can’t function.
The Gazette was asked recently if we were interested in an infographic, which is information set out in a graphic form. We looked at the information and decided to publish it and let our readers decide if the information was useful. In this instance it is certainly interesting. There is a lot of information that is readable and understandable when it is provided in a graphic format.
City hall recently used an infographic to show where its revenue comes from and how that revenue is spent.
The company that supplied us the infographic is in the business of transferring funds. They are a reputable organization with an interesting service.
The infographic is set out below.
https://blog.curexe.com/2017/06/27/canadian-importing-exporting-infographic/
Related article:
City hall infographic
I was surprised to see oil imports at 22 billion from the States. But then I remembered that the Saudis purposely dropped the oil price from 150 a barrel to 50, shutting down most of Canada’s oil production, so the number makes a lot more sense.