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Think of it as the echo of the Quiet Revolution.

A dramatic rise in the satisfaction of Quebeckers has transformed them from the most disgruntled of Canadians to the most contented in less than three decades, according to new research.

Canadians rank among the happiest people in the world. But it turns out Quebeckers are happier than the rest of us, according to a report released Tuesday by the Ottawa-based Centre for the Study of Living Standards, based on an analysis of satisfaction levels reported to Statistics Canada.

鈥淎ccording to this measure, there鈥檚 almost no happier, country-sized place in the world than Quebec,鈥� noted Christopher Barrington-Leigh, a 香蕉视频 economist who鈥檚 studied the phenomenon of rising satisfaction levels in Quebec.

In a recent paper that traced changing attitudes back to the mid-1980s, Prof. Barrington-Leigh concluded that the shift is largely societal and cultural as Quebec has steadily become less like the rest of Canada. There鈥檚 less income inequality, less religion and much stronger family and social supports than elsewhere in the country 鈥� the result of higher public spending. And as tensions over language and sovereignty have generally eased, Quebeckers have become 鈥渕ore secure about their identity within Quebec and Canada,鈥� Prof. Barrington-Leigh said in an interview.

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