A new report is calling on provincial governments in Atlantic Canada to do more to bridge a gap between what people earn and what they need to pay for their basic needs.
What’s not included in the living wage calculation:
Credit card or loan payments
Savings for retirement
Life insurance
Property taxes
Home maintenance and repair
Costs associated with a child or adult family member with disabilities or severe illness requiring care or adaptive supports
How much higher would the living wage go if these things were included, $40/h? I don’t even know if that’s enough to get a mortgage anymore. The argument could be made to not include some or most of those things, but retirement? Guess we’re expected to work until we die.
Also, nitpick about the study format, I can’t search most of the PDF nor copy text from it. I don’t remember having had this issue before. It makes for a difficult document to find specific information in.
From the study itself:
How much higher would the living wage go if these things were included, $40/h? I don’t even know if that’s enough to get a mortgage anymore. The argument could be made to not include some or most of those things, but retirement? Guess we’re expected to work until we die.
Also, nitpick about the study format, I can’t search most of the PDF nor copy text from it. I don’t remember having had this issue before. It makes for a difficult document to find specific information in.