No matter where you live in Canada, the minimum wage does not bring a full-time, year-round minimum wage worker up to the poverty line.
In 2006, 2.1 million workers across Canada - full and part-time - were low wage workers earning less than $10/hour.
Working poor parents are stuck behind a "low wage wall" in poorly paid jobs with few, if any, benefits or opportunities for education, training and advancement.
Almost 2 out of every 5 jobs - 37% - are considered "precarious", that is part-time, temporary, contract or self-employed. These jobs are unlikely to provide families with health and dental benefits or pensions.
2007 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada
Post date: July 31
Campaign 2000 and the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and, in collaboration with Council of Canadians with Disabilities and Canadian Council on Social Development is hosting a roundtable discussion to finalize a consensus document on what the Council of the Federation should do to eradicate poverty throughout Canada.
The Winnipeg Roundtable will include representatives from business, labour, faith groups, and civil society groups. Members of Parliament from the Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois took up an all-party invitation to attend. The roundtable participants will be presented with a document titled “The Winnipeg Statement” This document is a comprehensive strategy for poverty eradication and calls for government leaders to demonstrate commitment and to work together to eradicate poverty in Canada during the next decade.
The roundtable summit is being held on August 4th 2010, on the second floor of the Union Centre located at 275 Broadway, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. Our guest speakers are:
Senator Art Eggleton
M.P. Michael Savage (Liberal)
M.P. Tony Martin – (NDP)
M.P. Yves Lessard – (Bloc Québécois)
Grand Chief Morris Shanacappo – Southern Chiefs Organization
Cindy Blackstock – First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Jim Derksen – Canadian Council of Disabilities
Shahina Siddiqui - Islamic Social Services Association
Graham Starmer – Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Ann Decter – YWCA Canada
Tom Murphy – CAW Canada
A media conference will be held on August 5th at 10:30 – on the ground floor at Union Centre located at 275 Broadway. The sponsors will release the consensus document and members from participating organizations will be releasing statements and will be available to speak with the media.
For further information, please contact:
Rhonda Powers, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
204 943 2561; rpowers@spcw.mb.ca or
Liyu Guo, Campaign 2000/Family Service Toronto
416 595 -9230 ext. 228; liyugu@familyservicetoronto.org
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