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Workers at Ottawa's Salvation Army shelter ask for a living wage

Photo: PSAC-NCR | AFPC-RCN/Flickr
Workers at Ottawa's Salvation Army shelter say it is increasingly difficult to work for poverty wages.

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A number is never just a number -- money to live

A number is never just a number -- money to live. Photo: KittyCanuck/Flickr
How much do Canadians need to survive? How much do they get?

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Lobster fisheries: Economic struggle on the high seas

I went lobster fishing off West Pubnico with a young buddy last week. At one point, he indicated a boat ahead and said, "See that guy. He's not making any money. He's got a 750-horsepower engine." It turns out that not making any money, and the many things that might prevent you from doing so -- like a costly engine, or a couple of lost lobster pots at $100 each - is pretty well the only topic on the lobster grounds these days. This is a big deal for the economy of the Maritimes. Lobster is a billion-dollar-plus export industry, but it's especially the case for Western Nova Scotia where nearly half the Atlantic catch comes from.

Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Iglika Ivanova talks economy, equality and elections

May 12, 2013
| A CCPA-BC Economist and Public Interest Researcher talks about the economy, the living wage and affordable child care in the election run-up. Interviewed by Jane Bouey and Mayaan Kreitzman.
Length: 14:10 minutes (12.97 MB)

Child poverty rampant in Canadian cities

| May 9, 2013

Living wage reports reveal big gap between actual wages and the costs of raising a family in B.C.

| May 3, 2013
November 14, 2012 |
This paper explores the possible connections and av­enues for co-operation between the living wage movement and the broader corporate social responsibility community.
Trish Hennessy

What if the minimum wage was a living wage?

| November 5, 2012
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Alert! Radio #214: Special May Day episode

May 11, 2012
| On this episode, Clayton Thomas Muller on Indigenous resistance, Mae Burrows' quest for a living wage in B.C. and Noam Chomsky calls for more comprehensive activist goals.
Length: 59:59

Resolving the strike at Ottawa's Salvation Army shelter

Photo: PSAC-NCR | AFPC-RCN/Flickr

Several weeks ago we, as concerned Christians, met at a local church with some of the striking workers from the Salvation Army Booth Centre on George Street in Ottawa's Byward Market. The staff members spoke first and at length about the people they serve, some with serious mental health problems and those trying to conquer alcoholism or addictions, many of whom are homeless. It was clear to us that these workers, whether as a front-line counsellors or as support staff in the kitchen, must have both skill and dedication to do what they do. These workers have both.

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