Document type | Report |
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Author | Fernandez, Lynne |
Author | Langridge, James |
Author | Hajer, Jesse |
Date | 2017-06-29 |
Pages | 10 |
URL | https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/family-living-wage-manitoba-0 |
Families who work for low wages face impossilbe choices--buy food or heat the house, feed the children or pay the rent. The result can be spiralling debt, constant anxiety and long-term health problems. This reports breaks out the differences in actual costs for single parent and two-parent families in three locations in the province of Manitoba: Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson. And with these real costs proposes a living wage for these families.