# poverty

Ontario just introduced a $15 minimum wage. The benefits are obvious, and it's time for this province to do the same.

Five million people in Canada are living in poverty.

The Liberals' book tax is part of a bigger, disturbing pattern.

"Policies aimed at improving access to education and the ability to obtain employment complement each other in breaking the cyclical nature of poverty."

As residents and groups ramp up direct action efforts while resistance to austerity grows, some observers are calling for movement to embrace mutual aid.

If you think they’re outdated and due for cutbacks, it’s a sign of your good fortune and privilege. Libraries remain vital for the poor.

"Respectfully, Minister Bennett, the anxiety that you are currently witnessing pre-exists this budget.​ ​Your budget has inflamed it."

The recent provincial budget highlights structural issues with how services in Labrador are financed. Rather than assigning blame to various governments it is necessary that…

If you can afford to look at this budget in the abstract, you’re well off enough that you can pay a bigger share.

Province-wide, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are concerned and angry about the devastating consequences the Dwight Ball Government's austerity budget will have on the most vulnerable people…

Despite reassurances by government that all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will share the burden of addressing the province's $1.83 billion deficit, critics say the Liberals' first…