poverty

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The vast majority of minimum wage workers—85 per cent—do not live in low-income households.


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The program will provide a single person up to $16,989 per year in tax-free government transfers.

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In Wyoming, the average charitable donation was $16,644.

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The Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World Report has ranked Venezuela dead last for the past four years.


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In Canada, the Alberta government put forth its own plan for a $15 minimum wage by 2018.


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The percentage of seniors living in low-income has consistently fallen over the past four decades.


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Most Canadians who earn the minimum wage are not “poor,” and most of the working poor earn more than the minimum wage.


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Statistics Canada has identified five characteristics that are associated with being at risk of falling into persistent low-income status.

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Only 1.5 per cent of Canadians remained stuck in low income every year.