Canada’s Working Poor
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- čas přidán 17. 09. 2015
- 1 in 7 Canadians lives in poverty. While political parties clamber over the middle class, what’s being done for the working poor?
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Working hard does not make you rich, you can work All the days of your Life without even achieved 10% of your life goals, sometimes someone have to fine away to make extra income that will be more better.
You are right working under someone's is like investing your time and getting a painot, the salary paid is not up to the time you invest in.
@@georgeesther-zq7jsYou're absolutely right, to be a successful in life required not only hard work but awareness and sometime opportunity at the moment, investment remains the best way to start.
I agree with you. Investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity. And not just any investment but an investment with guaranteed return.@@scottjohno.7335
That's true living with salary can't help is this situation right now, we all need sacond source of income in anyway. 😢
@@kevinfaith-oy5ghyeah investment is the key to sustaining your financial longevity but venturing into any legit investment or business without a proper guidance of an expert can lead to great loss too.
Have lived in London all my life. Grew up living in rentals and not having a car. Poverty is real in this city but a lot worse than this.
That's called being poor, dumbass
Same here in Winnipeg. It's 90% who you know, or who you'll b£0₩...the rest come from families who got wealthy enough to put their kids through school or fed and housed them til they were 28...
@@sportsfix6975 higher the taxes worse off poor are
If Devloped countries like you have This Condition then what do you think about india
"Poor" with a ford that has multiunction steering wheel and leather seat, also a nicely sized house. That is not poor.
Car loans and credit cards.
First World Problem bruh!
Yes this is poor.
@@kevinisenzo7945 No it is not.
@@nurrakugy5126 it technically is.
She is not poor. If she is poor she would have no choice other than to take the benefits. She is also going to school. If it is not free she had to find the money to pay tuition fee. She is also living in a nice neighborhood, her family is adequately clothed, has two cars parked in her driveway. I wish I was as poor as her.
This povertry is nothing in comparison with povertry in Latin America.
@@jeanpierretolentino1763 this "poverty" is life goals for most people in Colombia
This is considered poverty, but keep in mind that Canada is a wealthy country.
@@ArcticZombie I thought the same. Compared to truly poor countries like India or most of latin america, her lifestyle is like what people consider middle class to be (even upper middle class in some of them lol)
You're leaving a lot of variables out. Did she buy the house or the cars? You don't know that. Maybe her parents are paying for some of it.
poverty is a very broad term here in Canada. what about people living in shelters? people working 2 jobs at minimum wage and only getting 10-15 hrs a week at each job (employer pays fewer benefits under 20 hrs/wk) ? people working 35 - 40 hours a week and not being able to afford to rent a decent rental unit?
Just a tip, if possible rent a house with 4 people you can tolerate, you'll save tons. Asians do this and ALL save so much money.
Well it's about being in constant fear because of your finances, so regardless if your in a shelter or a house money is your main struggle.
You work for your bill collectors and you can't afford not to work , I think don't quote me .
The fact there is people working 40-90 hour work weeks who can’t afford basic life is sickening.. welcome to liberal Canada
Why is there so much bud light in the food bank ?
In many countries this is living a luxurious life
Mukul ਮੁਕੁਲ but you are in Canada not other countries right?
But Canada is very expensive
Robert James Chinnery lol you always comment that to anyone who claims “this isn’t poverty” well how can you prove He/she is not living in Canada and not a different country? Not everyone who comments is from Canada you know that right. You also clearly don’t know what real poverty is like because this video is clearly not real poverty.
I live in México and her. Lifestyle is considered here as high middle class. Here poverty is not having any money to buy food, not having a job at all, working ok the streets and living day to day. Here the country does not have any kind of assistance programs like the USA or Canada. We are on our own. So if you country has this kind of assistance programs I advice for you to take advantage of it and take it. The only reason I am not poor here is because I know english and the pay here for a bilingual person is okay.
@@RobertJamesChinneryH Since when people watch this have to live in Canada???
0:19 Being poor is having a 2 floor house with 2 cars over there? Going to Canada as soon as i get my title.
Yeah lol guess i live in poverty.
It is. We have higher standards than the united states. It's also a much better country in general.
@@nicolasclermont893 no it isn’t buffoon the word poverty isn’t relative
@@jxavier3876 Ok. Enjoy yourself.
Land of opportunities.. lol
Poor seems has vary meaning for different countries
Well it's not like the poor people that we have in Europe cuz we use a common sense to help them out with their lives.
But instead being poor in the so called murika is far worse cuz you love it big in the arse from illegal Mexicans.
Hey come to my country and l will show you what poverty looks like.Don't be silly!
You can't have "pride" when you have two mouths to feed. - take the governmental assistance & use it as it was designed, for "assistance" to help in supplementing your income. Don't be silly.
the elites want you to be dependant on the government so they can control you
Yes, the pride thing can be an issue..also not teaching us necessary tools for taxes and investments doesn't help...think about a kid who moves out on his own...they don't know squat about life.
@@oneguy4253 and especially your kids....
@@sportsfix6975 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I see 2 young men who look old enough to get part time jobs and help out with expenses.
Cynthia Marquez the family is clearly doing just fine. She’s just a whiner.
Why should school age children support the family? What you are asking is immoral, it's the parents duty to take care of their children, and the children's duty to get an education.
@al gung 100%!
@al gung Would prefer that my sons get a complete education and then make tons of money out of it rather than destroying their grades for what, a few years part time? lol, that's a big nono
These people clearly don't know what poverty is
"working poor" not "poor" read all 3 words. Almost there
Canadians need to go to America to see how the worst poverty a rich country can get. U ain’t got first world poverty without gun violence and drugs
3.9 inches except we have both of those things many cities in Canada have high gun violence and Vancouver and other places have higher drug use. Than anywhere in the us
You people don't know what to be poor is. Come to Kenya and see poverty. If the above people were in Kenya then they would look very rich
This is a poor example of poverty. Poverty is very real in Canada, and it looks much worse than this.
Thats not poor.
I work seven days a week. Only have every second weekend off to meet end needs. But thats not even enough. I need to keep track of any penny.
Vacation, netflix, spotify. I cant afford all these things. I live in a bad appartment. Got no car. Bad job.
Beside that. I have no friends or love. Nor a family. Always lonely.
You are not poor lol I also live in canada and you have a much better lifestyle than my family. My parents do not have a car and spent most my childhood renting. Stop feeling sorry for yourself it can be way worse. smh.
Jesse Bain thanks for the unwanted advice.
Jesse Bain way worse?
Same here in Toronto. Spent of my childhood renting.
@@RobertJamesChinneryH ok boomer
>poor
>Cars
>Big House
Poor
It's a social housing and those cars are 25 years old. worth about $70k in total
I was born and raised in Canada. I worked and paid every cent of my taxes. I was born with a genetic disease that had NO symptoms until I was 17. I have ataxia. I remained in the work force until ataxia was so bad, nobody would hire me. Ataxia is progressive and now, at 44, I am immobile. I have been on Disability for almost 9 years --- I have had an income of $1037 per month for 9 years now. When it comes to medicine and food --well, I can no longer afford both ----one or the other. I have been eating once a day for 19 months. Now I have to skip food for a whole day twice a month, b/c I can't afford more. And now, american refugees are flocking here and getting benefits from Canada -- $3600 per month!! Why am I starving and in pain, when non-Canadians are paid by our corrupt government? I am $6000 under the poverty rate. To get me at poverty rate, I'd need $500 more per month. $1500 a month, total, is more than I need. An extra $150 would be good enough. Why would our gov pay $3600/month to an american? Something stinks.
Nice story
Poor? Where? I dont see anybody poor Shes bigger than my house how can you be poor but weigh 160 kilos if ur poor u dont have money to eat Dont worry about this cow shes doing just fine
🤣🤣
Lmao good one🤣
In Russia 90% of people live way poorer than that.
That's Communism
Man in ushanka this isn't Russia is it ?
thas capitalism/cronyism
100% of the time. Russia is not Canada
i am learning Russian recently товарищ
Apparently people are unaware that someone can go from financially stable to financially struggling overnight. Her house and car are probably already paid off.
Lived in windsor ontario before 2002-2007. Wife and i we lived on min wage jobs my monthly come back then was 900$ a month. After paying bills and shopping at no frills . We had literally a 1$ before. Next pay check. So i can relate to that how hard of a life that is.
I feel with her. I rent on my neighbour and had politicans walk right past. Nobody is courting my vote. Minimum wage is no longer going up. Nobody is talking about making rent lower.
I work and pay taxes so will take advantage of any benefit/social program I can get: child tax credit, working income benefit, UCCB, dental card, drug card, free rec pass. If the wait list wasn't so long, I'd take one of those gov housing units too. My taxes help to pay for those things, so to hell with pride. My family come come before my pride. Think those bankers had pride when they took gov. handouts? Poor people so naive.
Girl, I agree with you 100%
Amen. The largest social program in US is middle class housing buyers. Their subsidised by government but begrudge food stamps for lower income. We mostly work if not disabled but you'd never know it by media reports.
It was a strange thing for to say. She pays taxes, she lives in this country, she earned access to services.
They don’t look poor. You have a house and A CAR! 😂
"we have too much pride to go up to the government with our hands open" and this is why you're poor..take advantage of the programs we have
Yes, when I lost my job during the Great Recession, I had to go on Welfare and Unemployment.
Quick fact:Did Yall know that *Renting* costs less then buying a house and maintaining it??
( *Hope this helped* )
Does it really though ? -.- you get everything that you put into your house back to you.
Unless the rent is less than a thousand a month, I'll take my chances with a mortgage.
helpless dont see it this bec Canada is one of the 10s rich country in world yet we have over 35 percent poor
the US is 35% poverty, canadas like 16%
It’s sickening that someone who works a full time job in Canada can’t afford a basic life.. it’s so sad what’s happened to this country in just a decade
I never knew that poor has house, clothes, cars. In my country , poor people live beside old railway track, eat waste food. These Canadian people are sick not poor.
Millenals be like she has a house and a car no way she is poor!
1:43 I am always amazed at how people can walk and talk at this slow pace, seemingly in unison
Planned, with the camera there an all
Thank you for proper subject/verb agreement. I ❤CBC! Great story, too.
Shame on all you who put this woman down. I hope you never have to be in survival mode like her and her family every day. Comment on her weight?...eating inexpensive, but comfort food can make you heavier. People tend to eat comfort food when stressed. And she may have a house, car, and kitchen, but that does not mean she can afford her bills, and proper food....this is not third world and we have to pay for insurance, food, utilities, school. etc....the bad comments are from people who have never had this painful experience. And I am proud of this woman for having the courage to speak up. God bless her and her family.
Working poor families in Canada and US usually have big a$$ houses and multiple cars. Those are the pre-requisites to be poor families here 🤔
She certainly isn't starving, that's quite evident.
rude
Healthy food is more expensive fast food and processed food are cheaper.
Just because she is a large size, doesn't mean she isn't starving, this vid isn't about that, its about working ur butt off for minimal pay, she is richer then me tho, she has a house and a car.
8w9hf89hw True, but you can’t put a bag of raw carrots on the table solo, for your family. Healthy foods aren’t affordable for most. Do you know the cost of a bottle of authentic fruit juice? Not cheap at all.
Poor people are always loud.
Its 2020 nothing have changed and even worst
They live in a house. How poor can they be?
+EvilShredder what? What does living in a house have to do with anything?
Kyle. Kyle. The real poor rent apartments, living in projects, or even don't have a place to dwell.
people RENT houses too. And depending on the area, it can be ever more frugal than renting an apartment, especially when you have two kids like this lady.
You can rent houses as well not just apartments
It’s not that simple. My husband and I managed to buy a house (tiny and needs a lot of Renos) with the help of a friend for the down payment and to co-sign for the mortgage. We were very very lucky to get in before home prices shot up again. The monthly mortgage is a lot cheaper than what we were paying in rent. And we do have one vehicle that we make payments on. I realize that we have comforts many people in other countries don’t have. But we struggle to pay bills in full every month and buy what we need. There is no emergency fund. Our clothes are all from thrift stores and discount racks and hand-me-downs. My daughter’s winter boots just crapped out and I have to wait til the next pay in a couple of weeks to buy another pair and hope that I can get a decent pair at a thrift store or clearance sale ‘cause Winter boots are expensive, and I can’t afford to pay full price. Groceries are bought as cheaply as possible. No luxury treats. No steak. No fish. Etc. Just seeing that someone has a house and a car doesn’t mean they aren’t struggling.
Most parents in Canada work hard so they don't have to see there kid go through what they had to go through.
The title is "WORKING POOR" - emphasis on working. It means you work your butt off and barely (if at all) cover your costs. Try it for a year then come back and comment.
Well said BRILLIANT time someone bought that up.
Jesus man my city smh
Food, clothing AND shelter, not to be denied. Especially while we eait, on the bench.
Well ..Canada you wanted to do and socialism you can thank yourselves for destroying your country..thanks Trudeau! Poverty levels were just skyrocket.. and I'm Canadian myself I'm not trying to offend anyone but if you actually look at the reality of the situation this is due to not holding your government accountable to financially attack you ... And each government you would like you have to hold accountable.. remember it is our country!
How is that Trudeau system working almost 8 years later? Could had adopted a income subsidy program for those working of x amount per hr on top of minimum wage.
At least they're not making bets on the internet with strangers instead of bettering their lives
I got a good decent Job, i work each day but even with that I can barely get by with everything that needs to get paid. I live paycheck to paycheck and have nothing to save.
These guys don't no the real definition of poverty. It's rediculous😂😏😏
I find it interesting that they're "poor" but have a large home and multiple vehicles...
Hoax you have cars home and two gorgeous sons. And that's poor? Wait until you see countries like Indo or Philippines
Now search poor people of india...this family will think they are super rich
Libertarian Party of Canada! We care about the people working hard and not looking for handouts!
It’s all about money all over the world. The bottom line is that nobody, and I mean nobody, can care about you the way you can care about yourself because nobody else really cares about you. It’s an inconvenient truth. It’s just reality.
Irony is an ad that comes up that is for luxury condos before this video comes up. Absurd and aggravating.
Nothing can be done until a clear definition of what Middle Class in Canada really is. Everyone in Canada thats working but does not consider themselves rich will say there Middle Class. Someone in the hard pressed Maritimes working at Tim Hortons would say there middle class when in actuality they would be considered working poor in another region of Canada. Then someone in Vancouver or Toronto would say there middle class but would be considered upper middle class in another region of the country. If anything..see the conditions that Aborginals live then rethink what poverty is.
is that poverty? I know real poverty in third world countries so in Canada we live well and we shouldn't complain because there are people suffering in poverty in Africa and India
Crony capitalism is a major issue that will never be solved by tax brakes or social programs.
poverty lol she has a massive house in England she would have a flat
You own a car and a house. You are already the middle class in Indonesia
One in seven Canadians live in poverty that's not bad actually. Compared to countries like the UK it ain't bad.
House and a car? Seriously? That is middle class at least
Me and my wife make good money, no way we can live in a house that big. We live in a small apartment. We can't even afford a car. It's a expense we can't have the luxury for right now.
they don't vote because they don't get paid to vote and who wants to take off 2 hours of their necessary paycheck to vote for parties that don't care
All I am going to say is she looks like she hasn't missed a meal in her life
The system has failed
She has a house, food, a car, healthcare, her kids get education, she's able to afford an education. The system is working very well.
@@ReXox35
Yea but she can’t afford Luxury cars and McMansion so the system is failing
This aged well!
Talk about being poor in a first-world country. I wonder how did they fall to that category.
That's poverty?
She has a nice big house, she and the kids look well-fed to me, she has a ford SUV for transportation, and the neighborhood is fairly decent. Really poor ain't got a car or any form of transportation, don't like a big house like that and are forced to take whatever benefits they can get. When a person is really PO, not poor, but PO, it's written all over their faces. The PO walk slow, their shoulders are bent, they slouch in chairs, and they always speak in the negative and speak from a place of lack. The poor got a certain language. and that language expresses an emphasis on lack. And you can avquire more with an emphasis on lack. Abundance and Lack don't occupy the same space.
beer in the food back I need go there for the beer
Also all the people working up to 160 plus hours in two weeks, overtime that earn their money should receive tax breaks? No? Not that I will ever try that again, not worth your time for tax!
The rent is to high in London Ont
"Too much pride to go to the government with their hands out!?" R u serious. No shame in asking for help when your country has abandoned you. Not that they would do a dam thing to help anyways
Remember it was like this BEFORE Trudeau
When I was a poor single mother in Canada I had to work three jobs and still I couldn't afford to buy a car after paying rent and bills. Wasted countless hours of my life commuting on buses. It sucked so I moved to Asia where I live an easier life.
Where in Asia out of curiosity. I’m also seeking to migrate out of Cànada but don’t know where to start or what language to learn
is that what they call poor
She's poor, just not miserable. Sometimes is hard to grow in life, luckily money isn't everything.
all time poverty in canda and USA but in africa
how heaaà
Poor is tonally a relative term..
Rich and poor both human we need respect each other then everything will be ok
I dont think that she really knows wath " Work my butt off" means.... Should have a harder job.
Not one intelligent comment. Google "working poor" (not poor). And if your brain can handle that. Google "House Poor" or "Poor manners". Because the story got it right.
Is that poverty???
Are u kidding???
She has more than most people so she is far from poor.
We live in usa maryland we r now seniors on fixed income we r not rich at all we can pay our b ills by grace god some months we have little left some no money so u have to figure it out we don't ask our children for anything we don't borrow money from anyone we save change we use senior discounts when we can coupons we shop aldis and we go pennsyvani a hour drive to discount grocery store we stock up we have townhouse still not padded off we have vehicle food we eat out very little we babysit grandkids three days a week long days seven month old three year old keeps us busy but we don't rely on goverment my husband gets retirement money he worked thirty 4 here years for he retired early but bottom line is we have to make it some how we don't have savings we do have health care thank god we r blessed not rich we r sixty two sixty four now we know seniors in thier seventies eighty still working it sd sad
She isn't look like poor....
They would be worse off in the States because the minimum wage is lower here
@@shauncameron8390 Canada doesn’t have as many millionaires but I believe there’s middle-class stronger and the lower class is suffering as much. Compared to othe rich countries America has the lowest minimum wage
Did she really say less clout at the polls?
U have vehicle u r blessed roof over your head food clothes I r blessed
I don't have a house or a car but I do work 4 to 5 days a week and about 6 to 7 hours a day with an unpaid 30 minute lunch.
A one bedroom apartment is more expensive than a 2 bedroom apartment so I have a roommate.
Minimum wage just went to 14.00 an hour. I was laid off for the first time in 20 years of working.. but it was only for a month, thank goodness.
They're trying to make a Universal Basic Income now in Ontario. So those on welfare can get just as much as those of us who do work.. so the minimum wage increase won't help our economy because most welfare money goes to the "underground market" such as "HOT" TVs and other miscellaneous items not being taxed, like drugs, smokes, alcohol, etc. Which buying these things legally actually helps our economy.
Immigrants. They are spending the money they earn here by sending it back home to develop that country so they can take my job eventually here and give it to someone there..
It's ok though. Only 2 in 5 of us are having children. So there won't be a problem because there won't be very many of us left. BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE CHILDREN AND LIVE IN POVERTY.. lol
Would you?
@J OneLife What you are not understanding is that most immigrants do the jobs that Canadian natives don't want to do. I toured the buildings under construction many times and they are all immigrants because those who are Canadian work less (I have seen it). I am an immigrant and they demand a lot to be here. Studying at university costs us triple, and to find more qualified work we are at the bottom of the line. But we don't complain, we're happy and grateful to be here, that's why we're so good at working. 60% or 70% of the buildings you see on the streets were made by immigrants. So the only thing we ask for is a little respect, we just want to contribute to Canada, not take anything away from anyone.
@J OneLife Don't tell me that job is missing in Canada because it is a big lie.I toured the towns like Claresholm or thunderbay and in every place I went they needed people, in some places they need more than 20 or 30 people. In fact in one place they told me that they had to close a lot of stables and farms for lack of people.Why do you think the government will create the rural and northern immigration system in September? Everyone wants to work in the big saturated cities, but Canada need people who occupy the other towns
@J OneLife The problem is that we don't always have the necessary papers to take those jobs, we have to make a long journey of points for the government to let us work. Although they need work in some places
yeah while refugees gets more dole outs id rather a refugee than be a senior citizen who live a meager pension
that life I work 3 job right out high school
Save these people. Abolish the payroll tax.
An employment based economy especially one too reliant on real estate will not be sufficient or sustainable in a world with automation increasing at an alarming rate and AI improving by the month not to mention the population increasing hence it is inevitable that a commerce based economy is what is in store, after all it is commerce that fuels an economy.
I'm poor and I can say that the only way to get out of, what I say is mild poverty, is to be independent. I have made a decision that I shouldn't rely on government to solve my problems and politicians just come and go but my financial situation might remain the same, all I can say is that I gave up being entitled to receiving government benefits despite I have the right to receive them. The only sure solution to financial stability is to help myself by working and investing for the future.
If I receive benefits from the government then thanks. If I don't then alright...
I'm not Canadian, so I wouldn't know what's it like to receive health benefits from the government.
Well said
The boys could get jobs after school and she isn’t poor
What the hell is this? This lady is living in a big house, has a car and decent everything. If she sells her house and moves to a smaller place then her property tax will not be as high, she won't have to pay as much in hydro or electricity bills and her finances will be managed. How is someone living in a big house and in possession of a car poor? WTH? Not to mention they actually have money to have their kids in various clubs... really? poor? And also look at that figure, poor thing is so malnourished!
The government just has too many social safety nets in Canada. But there is a dearth of public policy to push Canada to be competitive in the new economic landscape. The crisis has shown that Canada cannot count on the US this time around for economic growth. The US has turned elsewhere and not to us.
Poverty? This is what they now call "poverty"? Oh, my. Some people don't know what poverty really is. Living on rations for 20 years, going hungry the last half of each month, standing in line for a food basket, digging through used clothing at the Salvation Army "thrift" store, not having enough money for a space-heater in the ice-cold apartment your slum-lord apartment collects rent for, being told by Sun Youth on Saint Urban, no food or clothes this month for regular Canadians, until further notice all resources go only to Haitian refugees flown in by the federal government -- and then you go home in the rags you came in. The people in this vid look pretty well dressed and live in a house. The real poor don't know what a house is. The real poor live in single rooms with a hot plate and fridge, or in "distressed" real estate slum lords buy just to rent to the poor, because nobody else will i.e., live over a truck stop and loading dock that beeps 18 hours a day past the red fence outside your window.
The comment about the Haitian refugees got to me what happened to helping your own!?!
Camera Angeles.?
people here are just using second hand clothes, shoes, appliances, furnitures, & even can food
Up! Their not poor, I see a microwave that works!