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This 3 page paper argues that the minimum wage in Canada is too low, and describes the plight of workers in Toronto. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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wage is too high and argues that it is not; it uses articles from the "Toronto Star" to support these claims. The subject is important because poverty is the root
cause of many other social problems, including crime and ill health requiring treatment. Discussion It has become glaringly apparent in the United States that the minimum wage is little better
than a joke. Its not possible for one person to survive on it, let alone a family. The same holds true in the Toronto area. The U.S. has been mired
in recession for years, and now it appears that Canada too is fighting to keep its economy going. When things are difficult, we always hear the same thing: its not
possible to raise the minimum wage. But can a person live on it? In Canada, 720,000 citizens go to food banks each month for assistance; half of them "are trying
to get by on welfare," but 19% of food bank clients "are now working, up from 11 percent a decade ago" ("Helping Our Hungry" AA06)). If people are working but
still have to come to food banks and similar organizations, its apparent that they are not making enough to live on. The increase in the number of people using
food banks "has been fuelled by the decline in decent-paying, full-time manufacturing jobs, replaced by low-wage, temporary and part-time service sector jobs" ("Helping Our Hungry" AA06). A "single parent of
three in Toronto needs $576 a month to meet her familys nutritional requirements, but the most she can earn at a minimum-wage job is $1,408 a month. The average rent
for a two-bedroom apartment leaves only $335 for food and all other expenses" ("Helping Our Hungry" AA06). Clearly minimum wage is not high enough to support a family in the
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