More Canadians Facing Part-Time Jobs, Low Wages
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- Meet the Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet with part-time jobs and low wages.
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Four years at a job and still at minimum wage? That's unacceptable
Every year she probably gets 15 cents raise. That's capitalism for you,
I agree 100%. Shocking.
+Mr. Nice Guy Canada is a Socialist country.
In what sense? Even the healthcare industry is run by private boards not the government. Government only funds it.
+Dr. Abhi Govt. funds it. That would mean its a socialist system.
In the 50s and early 60s, a janitor could buy a modest house, have kids and the wife stayed home and raised them.
its 2019 and my hubbie works and I stay home with our kids here in toronto, we can easily afford to
@@bonbonvegabon3532 that's what I tell people, don't buy things you don't need
@@frankjoseph7259 We buy plenty of things we dont need lol we make good money
@@bonbonvegabon3532 I'm sure you do
@@bonbonvegabon3532 what does he do?
Its wonderful that we are starting to recognize and discuss real issues of life. Thanks for the video.
The Videotainment Blog and that's what demorats in USA wanna do to us
The Videotainment Blog life is difficult!
And they still bringing immigrants 😂
Canada's economy is highly dependent on trade with other big economies in the world. Canada cannot afford to make their biggest customers angry by arresting any person unjustly or making up unjust laws.
@@guestguest4023 Canada's biggest trading partner is to the South. The USA. We have about 9 times your population most of which lives about 100 miles from the US border. Land wise your larger. So why don't more Canadian's live further North?
We also have some strange border anomalies with you. A street where people in homes on one side are in the US and the other side in Canada. So if you turn right from your driveway you stay in your country but if you turn left you crossed an international border. A library built with the border in the middle of the building. Small places in the US which can only be reached by road through Canada.
The real reason why most company's are paying low wages? Greed. It's all about "GREED".
Who in the world doesn't have self interest?
Allan Love Jr and they can pay illegal immigrants cheap
so true!
Its all about the wht man's greediness!
@Jeff In Chicago Yeah, "Jeff in Chicago?" Then why is it that so many so-called middle class Americans, in a non-socialist economy, struggle to make ends meet, and do not have money saved, if we're so much better off?
This is happening all over the world unfortunately 😔😔
exactly, wages are flattening out into a global market. It's a race to the bottom unfortunately for western countries.
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not everywhere.. mostly the west.. greed my man.. i live in souteastern europe i work in a german factory that has 6000 workers.. i pay rent and everything and put aside half of my money... and thats the problem.. life is cheap here so all western companis open things here... they call it a cheap labour but to us its big money.. u can buy a house and a car in 5 years max.. so imagine that.. thats 6000 jobs out of Germany just for my town... greed
@@darkodarko9 Don't worry they won't drop you like a hot potato for cheaper labor elsewhere.
Yes, it sadly is. This situation is innate to the system itself.
Precarious jobs, precarious pay but the rich just keep getting richer at everyone else's expense.
That's how they built the system
The Rich federal Trudiou Liberals pulling 15 to 24% of the top FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING we albertans will see for it .
@Tian The Rich also lobby with billions of dollars in politics, to undermine/destroy any kind of organized unions. With the ultimate aim to be able to pay their workers at slave wage rates. And the pay doesn't have any rising rate. But one thing that does is the cost of living, and rents. What Nancy means is that the Rich have also had their fortunes enabled in the first place, by the very people they pay to do the work. Now the super wealthy, just wish to become even more rich by making people dependent on them, as their wealth has made them powerful enough to abuse the work force. Any kind of equivalent treatment in society by the government, and it would be called a tyranny.
So yeah. The rich provide jobs, but these days the workers have gone from saying "At what pay ?, and what more can i do for my employer to improve my situation" to instead be saying "At what cost ?, and to what end ?".
@@Tyrfingr The capitalist don't hire unless they see profits ahead. You can fight back by organizing unions.
@@kimobrien. That isn't quite true though, they do hire. But at famish level wages and extraordinary working hours. Having strong unions are key, which is why the rich do all they can to undermine them in order to set wages, and working conditions as they please.
Its called a starvation wage
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAGE GO GET ANOTHER JOB THAT PAYS MORE. INCREASE YOUR JOB SKILLS AND YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY. GO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
If you don’t like the wage go to another job
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@@chetgravatt9562 If only thing were that simple.
@@johnwayne6647 Most companies don't want to pay living wages anymore. Corporate greed is out of control.
modern slave
BULLSHIT
NOTHING FORCE YOU TO WORK
We are all slaves to a certain extent. As long as you have to get up and punch a clock, go on brake when told, ask permission to go to the potty, told when to eat lunch, then my friend you are a slave!!
Sure compared to slave in old days ,we have it better, however....
@@theflaggedyoutuberii4311 "NOTHING FORCE YOU TO WORK" That's true for the class of big property owners. Their kind of work consists of walking to the mailbox every three months for a dividend check. Capitalism is the first system where instead of forcing the slaves to work the slaves are punished by being denied work.
@@kimobrien. Capitalism frees the slaves while communism enslaves the free
With Capitalism coming into India, we will suffer same fate. Capitalism flourishes by instilling the fear of losing job in workers.
Damn, I thought Canada was doing well. I would never have thought of this country as poor.
Exactly am thinking the same, 😳😱 I was in Canada about a week ago on a holiday, never realised they have such a huge problem, we feel, other side of the pasture is always green, phewww
Canada is the second largest country on the planet. We have untold wealth Because of our size and being on 3 oceans we have more renewable resources than anyone. The problem is the distribution of all that money. Guess where it all goes.
because Canada does a lot of what the British do stay in denial of the fact that they do have poor sweep the situation under the rug and the world remains ignorant
@@patrickgriffin3041 To Mega-Corporations.
It’s a fairly high wage country
One day I arrived in a food bank. A woman very lovely asked me. Do you want a soup. I said. I wanna a job. She replied. You are so ambitious. I left Canada for good.
Exactly
Raising the minimum wage doesn't really help anyone. They raised the minimum in Alberta, all it did was raise the cost of living. Food, clothing, rent, fees, we are right back where we started. Actually worst, less jobs and hours cut...
Dan Truong Hi Dan. As an Albertan, you forgot to mention slashed hours and staffing cuts
We both know that's bullshit
the only winners when minimum wage is increased are governments via higher consumption and pay roll taxes. Everything costs more. I think a better plan would of to raise the basic personal exemption when people file their taxes
Minimum wage shouldn’t exist, wage negotiations should only be between employers and employees. Government should not interfere as a third party negotiator.
@@CaL-76 yeah, that will work
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How many times in the last year have you wondered... "What if it happens to me? What if I lose my job?"
Who could blame you? More and more Canadians are barely hanging on.
+Neo Quello Bernie Sanders 2016 US OUR NEW PRESIDENT
You're an Idiot. There is no military spending in Canada. So get your facts straight, and then make a regional argument.
How is that socialist system working for Venezuela?
$15 per hour will make jobs more precarious, not less. It'll push companies to adopt automation at a faster schedule, and cut hours to save cost.
The question is, which do you prefer: $15/hr and reduced hours and higher chance of getting laid-off, or $12/hr and more secure full time job?
R Z - Everything is just going to cost more, bottom end jobs getting $15 hr now supervisor and others are going to want more money going all the way to the top in every company. Who is going to pay for this massive wage increase... The consumer, prices are going to go up everywhere, how much you want to bet taxes are going to increase to pay for those entry level government jobs.
Millionaires are doing fine. Lots of high end cars driving around.
Neo-Feudalism
The rich don't care! ...as long as their finances are not affected, they live happily!
That could just be the upper middle class. And it’s really not their problem. Get on the company’s your work for.
I am Canadian and in the same boat in. 2018. I hope things got better for these ppl.
Try forex trading
I'm 42 working less than 20 hours, thank goodness I don't have any kids or else it would be worse. Sometimes I have to go to a food bank.
You need to get another job. No one can survive on 20 hours a week.
I’m curious what are you doing with the time you’re not working? 20 hours a week is barely enough to cover a metro pass.
I see cashiers in their 30s. What must they be doing with their spare time matters a whole lot. I’ve been there working part time because that’s all I had. Made $15000 in one year but I was living at home with very little expenses but eventually received full time and now I’m so tired to even improve my marketable skills.
In all honesty yes not having kids helps a lot, but a full time job is kinda essential.
goodluck when you get old, no one will look for you except your grown son/daughter
She compared the working conditions in Canada to those of Bangladesh. It's true.
I came from a third world country and the working conditions shockingly poor, employees have zero rights, they work under fear..
@acrobatsutr I'm from trinidad and our labor laws are very protective of the employees, an employer cant fire a worker easily, our labor unions will take any case big or small and will make it very difficult, dont even talk about public service that has to go through parliament, some of our political leaders were once labor union activists..
acrobatsutr oh please then go back to your country.
I am a Canadian living in Indonesia and my housing is way better--more spacious with two bedrooms and a garden--than the damp, dingy 1 bedroom basement suites I endured in my own country.
as a former data entry for the oil & gas , i agree, EI and PT is hard. I feel for her & wish her the best. xo
The problem starts with " Too big to fail" instead of jail for the fraud banks should have be liable for .....
Keep harping about useless rhetoric. It’s doing so much for you evidently.
@@supercooled It silly to think the ruling capitalist class can every break one of their own laws.
She did the responsible thing by not having a kid until 30. And she only has 1 kid and still struggling. Accounting is a needed field.
Usually I blame b a by momma syndrome and Feminism but this doesn't apply here, something is gravely wrong with Western Capitalism because the same shit is happening in US/UK/Canada.
+Brohamulous Chronicles It isn't capitalism in its real form causing these issues...it is crony capitalism/ corporate fascism. In real capitalistic societies when the banks gamble with money and crash the market they do not get bailed out by the govt. There also isn't a federal reserve/central bank in a true free society. The central banks print off monopoly money and rig interest rates in the favor of the powerful interests. Government enables the powerful to bend us over without lube. Without governments helping powerful corporations, and without high taxation of the middle class much of the malaise we are dealing with would be gone and/or much better.
Cheap labor from illegal immigration, H1-B visas, free trade exporting jobs, suppression of oil and gas exploration, and feminism.
My mistake, you are correct. The oligarchy needs to end now.
Think think the big mistake is not understanding what "labour market" means.
We have too much labour in the market. The consequence is that its value goes down.
In the past dacades our parents had to much children -- 4, 5, or 6 children. You can't fix that with a new politic system.
When a new worker is born it needs a job for at least 40 years of his life, a problem that can't be fixed.
People should focus more on labour creation not more on job creation.
I think oligarchy is a consequence, not a cause.
If a class of people have cheap labour market to his favor they will certainly explore it.
We have to plan the labour market for the future.
Let's keep in mind that the country resources are finite so we have to plan how many worker/consumers we put on the market.
Minimum wage people in Bangladesh don't have to pay taxes.
ZooWee Mama look how ridiculous comments are made on TH-cam and people upvote them as if they speak from authority.
@@supercooled ,
@ZooWee Mama You must have to pay tax if your yearly income is above 2.50 lakh taka (individual income)
and tax rate gets higher, the more money you earn per year.
But some hidden tax here and there that is paid by everyone like buying a soap, talking over mobile phone, even buying a pen.
Min wage people in Knakistan....Canada have to pay taxes but get most of it back on their income tax. (And then but cigarettes, mary jane, and alcohol.)
LOL...My mother moved to Canada because "They have more job opportunities up there" I said "The grass is not greener on the other side, sure it's a different kind of grass but it's the same color.
She is lucky she lives in Canada, otherwise she would be in medical debt.
Arvind Talukdar What a selfish person!
In Canada half of minimum wage goes to taxes.
More and more Canadians are going to be in this exact position. Everyone thinks it will never effect them but I believe it's only a matter of time for most Canadians. Soon, there will be no middle class, just wealthy professionals and the working poor. Every year we are inching closer to that outcome and yet, most people are apathetic to what is happening. It's clear the government doesn't care, they only look out for private businesses, which really means, their own selfish interests. (the big payoff, after they leave office) That's how our terrible system works.
If you are a man GO INTO OIL. Canada has it and it pays well.
Burton Hollabaugh yeah. Just ask how that's working out now for Albertans now that oil prices bottomed out
People of Canada: Rise up and protest!! Unite!!
@The Canadian guy I arrived already, make them 1 million minus 1
Why Canada hands out to other countries while Canadians are struggling. Economy is no.1 goal not the aim of reducing CO2 emission. Canadians needs new leadership.
Happy Carbon Tax Increase Day! (sarcasm)
I can easily empathise with these stories. Sometimes, small businesses are the biggest source of new jobs in an economy, but the new economy requires much more flexibility and lower costs for competing. So many small businesses end up being themselves like part-time workers, and need flexible staffing to survive.
in Canada: I had the same job for 7 years forced to work 40 hours a week and got paid less than 20 hours a week.
You are so lucky to live in first world.
Its due to our banking system its worse situation
How can you work 40 hrs and get paid less than 20 ?
@@carojames6776 on a contract that says 20 hours part-time job but she has to stay longer to finish the job everyday or come extra hours early otherwise, one day they will tell her thank you , your assignment has ended. Yes, this is happening in Canada!
i am shook.
an accountant cant make a decent living.
but i have to ask. where is the father?
Hitting on another girl.
There are some unpredictable elements to life. You can't always expect your partner will stay with you - this is just reality.
@@senoritaaurora5123 that's why they are called a partner these days rather than a husband or wife, because when the going gets tough either one can up and leave
Instead of when the going gets tough the tough get going.
Where is the father? That’s irrelevant. She should be receiving child support, yes. However, as an accountant, a professional degree, she should be able to work full time with an excellent wage.
She is a bookkeeper or only does data entry work, not an accountant...I bet she doesn't do taxes or know actg handbook. Good bookkeepers I know they are so busy that they had to say No to work。Maybe it depends on where she lives.
Well done report. More coverage needed and likely to come.
I am from poor Russia. But even we do not have such crap. If you are educated and have really something to give to a company, you will always be employed and well paid.
Russia is cheap labor camp, average russian worker makes $350 - $400 a month (about 20.000 russian rubles). Cars, electronics, food cost are higher than in the US.
the question is how much you earn
We had a student from the middle of Russia stay with us while in high school in the USA. Her parents were educated and had good state jobs. She worked very hard in school and learned English. Her goal for a good life was a state job.
I have a degree in software engineering. I had one software engineering job for two months whilst finishing software engineering school in 1998. I never got another software engineering job, yet I had to find a way to pay back the student loans on a lesser paying job, or no job! What a trap!
@westwood123x So "getting a degree and a skill" does not work always. What is the answer?
The cost of living just South of the boarder is less than 50% ... why don't you do a show on this topic , Canadians are getting screwed. I have friends in the US and they have given me a break down of groceries , gas and tax's and it is SHOCKING how much more it cost to live here...... 2x and 3x in some cases
Canada is being EXTORTED through the tax base .... hidden tax's built into the price of commodities and goods.
Canadians love their socialism. They dont want a solution. So, they will get one they dont want.
@BIG HUNGRY lol ya nothing is free. Some one pays for it, refugees enjoy it
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To each their own I guess. I'm a former immigrant, African Canadian and I've got Ethiopian family in US. They do have everything cheaper but I'm willing to sacrifice that to live here where I can feel safe (whether in a church or school), where I don't have to worry about being treated disrespectfully by minority hating nationalists or cops, where I can make good use of my education and receive relatively free health care and tons other social services very easily on a daily basis. My aunt paid thousands of dollars for a surgery that I would have gotten for free here. But, I reiterate, to each their own.
@BIG HUNGRY Try living in the USA and having NO health care!
haha yep, you literally cant do anything without money. figured that out when i was like 12. i'm 27 now and i can't go out or even have my own place and cant even dream of a family because i can't seem to graduate and find a job
I feel your pain literally.No fun at all living from paycheck to paycheck.Even when you have mouths to feed, and when you live in a questionable rent arrangement, need I say more?
All jobs are becoming temporary jobs with no job security, no benefits, no sick time off and a big chunk of someone's hard earned pay being the profit margin of a middle person (the Agency). To add insult to injury, workers in offices are treated like sub human. This can easily change: deny large corporations a tax deduction for payments to an agency instead of salaries.
north America half the jobs are going to be automated,outsourced or computerized in 20-30 years
make it illegal to outsource jobs to cut costs....like I hear in Switzerland coe are capped at 12x the lowest paid worker
give it 20 years and a 3rd to half the jobs will be automated and computerized
IT Computers Job has Decrease rate of 7 - 9 % a years. that just the Beginning.
target the job positions that will maintain these automated equipment and computers BUT it is NOT for everyone.
But some people play on their phones at work for a good chunk of their shift rather than actually do their jobs and complain about not making at least 100k a year. Some even read and study what they like as if they are home during working hours.
It's saddening to see such bright, young talented people in this mess. It's so embarrassing that this even happens in our country.
Let's remember the 'Dark Ages' where people didn't live much past 30 and almost everyone didn't know where their next meal was coming from.
How about raise the basic income amount that doesn't req. being claimed on taxes. Raising Min. Wage without raising Basic Income amount means Government gets more $$$. bottom line
The minimum wage in New Zealand is about $ 17 an hour and has been for a while now.
But NZ's living costs are even higher than Canada's. That $17/hour doesn't go very far.
looking at this situation in canada it makes you wonder... has slavery really been abolished ? or has it become a trend in which everyone who has a low end job has to be wipped by the system and forced into submission inorder to survive..
Good point, and the answer is no slavery has not been abolished, it just took a new form. While not as cruel as slavery in the old days, this is a new form of slavery: Economic slavery!!
P.S. This is not meant to take away the suffering slaves endured during the past.
Feudalism is back.
scary :(
Why is Canada calling people to migrate there. No thanks Cameroon is okay for me.
They need cheap labour.
I just found this vid, and they wanted to talk to "temp workers????" should have packed up thier camaras and came out here to Calgary (YYC) Alberta .."home of the temp-service/labour" companies !!!!
It's the same scenario here in the U.S..
Bomb other nations. That'll help.
Nice piece... Thank you.
Manufacturing jobs and Manufacturing companies that are ESOP to protect the jobs of employees. These companies must have new products and it can be licensed by any foreign companies too. It must be a company that exists at least 50 years independently without being bought by a more powerful conglomerate.
This is 2019 and nothing has changed. It’s getting worse and worse by the day. I am from the US and it’s even worse here at you least you guys have universal healthcare. In the US our healthcare is bulls**t. I know of people who have healthcare plans that don’t cover anything and have extremely high deductibles meaning like 5,000 per person for a family of three or four.
Some places people work at great companies and on the weekends they drive Uber. I know one guy works at Chase Bank and works Uber 15 hours a week to make extra money.
I work 84 hrs a week away from home in the North and without a pipeline that will go away as well. I feel for these people but you gotta do what you gotta do.
You work in the tar sands?
The only reason my husband and I are surviving is because I live with my parents and my big brother. Imagine 5 people in a house splinting everything and we still struggle with this minimum wage incomes. USA
Where the hell is her daughter's father in all this?
You know where the daughters father is....
@@jackkruese9929 where?
She never had her daughter and never financially supported her, I know because Im the father and have raised her with me in a different city she's 15 now and Natalie is unemployed and homeless
The guy rapping in the Jordan jersey...was that Drake?😅🤣😂
A lot of single parents are usually the ones in situations like this.
So true , the birth control users are the people that progress in life .
@@Jay-vr9ir this is why the European people are falling populations - we have been priced out of reproduction- extinction comes next
this is a lie ik the daugter in this
@@fungussquad4233 me 2 she's my daughter
Live in US: minimum wage and no health insurance
Live in Canada: minimum wage and universal health insurance.
Still not right to pay someone a crap wage but Canadians still have it a little better than people in the U.S
That Indian gal works 48 hours a week and can’t eat? How much money is she sending back home?
Even 10 years ago nobody ever dreamed that the situation would be so like this for so many. Don't even think about starting a family in the Golden Horseshoe area unless you have a very secure and high income plus a partner with the same kind of income. It seems like the only way people can even afford to take care of themselves properly, like maintaining their teeth, is to not have to divide their financial resources with non-working family members.
I was mostly a minimum wage earner in my worker career mostly because of lack of education and low skills. I hated every minimum wage hike because that meant I'd be paying more for EVERYTHING!!! When low skill wages increases, so does cost of food, transportation, housing, etc.
Most minimum wage [+ increase] proponents are oblivious of that fact. Not only those effects you listed, but also the erosion of the jobs needed by most low skilled employees which would have helped them with an on-the-job training so they can move up the ladder. I am for the outright cancellation of minimum wage.
She reminds me of my mom.. hope she's ok
Thumbs up for making us aware of this issue!
I should've taking a risk back in the 1980's, like My Uncle and His Wife did back in 1965 when they both moved to California which they both made it very well on their own.
California IS HEADING TOWARDS BANKRUPTCY AS THERE GO THE PENSIONS
California earthquake is coming up 3 -4 years from 2018 Big one Watch out South coast BC is going get it too.
Dino DiLabio move to texas instead . Theyre basicly the same thing as california
Back in 65? You mean before hyper inflation? Everything was affordable back then.
Live within your means. Try to drive economical vehicle.Cook at home. Eat one meal a day and water fast for rest of the day.
Exactly!!!!! The immigrants drive bmw but rent an apartment!!! Cease trade with china, manufacture in canada well theres a good thought
2:36 MASSIVE MONITOR!
How old is this documentary? early 80s?
Thanks Justin .
It's called being responsible/growing-up as an adult!!!!
getting rid of the privately owned Bank of Canada would be a big start but i'd be content with Harper losing this fall :D
+paskwawi2007 looks like you got your wish...
Well, now what do you think of the current PM?
Why I quit working as a red seal journeyman plumber and journeyman class b gasfitter. Side work pays more than working for a business that violates the human rights of their workers. Trudeau is causing irreparable harm to Canada and their citizens. I have been unemployed for four years in protest of low wages and poor work conditions..
350 000 manufacturing jobs vanished from Canada. Since 2006
Its so sad to see people in the Western developed countries struggle like this!
I live in Punjab, India where so many people's only dream is to somehow reach a developed western country. Of these who achieve to migrate to a western country, mostly go to Canada. The funny thing is that the feedback they give is that they are really happy with what they managed to achieve in the developed world.
maybe they are just pretending to be happy and succesfull maybe some are succesful , some dont its better to remain in our country at least we are 1st class citizen, Im from the Philippines and before I want to migrate to Canada but the situation there I think is over Immigrant from ASIA and other parts of the world, I have a decent life in my country and to think the if situation in Canada is like this there is a more reason to stay in my beloved country and serve it well as a citizen, and Luckily we have a strong ang loving President that will lead our Nation to a much better place
There are immigrants on all sides... some have done well, but some are really struggling because of the difficulty of adapting and working. You have to view it as risk - there are no guarantees in life just because you get to live in a developed western country.
A lot of,jobs are being outsourced to India and Mexico. You're better off trying to work in your own country then in Canada
Mom Immigrated in 1945 . She told me a long time ago Canada looks after Immigrants better than their own
So when you become a naturalized citizen the free lunch stops? What was your end game for that spurious comment?
I was a part-timer.....6 day week...1-half hour total break a week....6 thousand pound counter pressure lifting ,smiling greeting......thankful for minimum wage finally ..18+ yrs.....taxied by E.M.S....still can't say stroke.....I just want my job back.....its winter
I know a lot of Portuguese live in Canada but when I see Canada on the telly from this side of the pond it always looks as empty as the former USSR.
Even when they get emotional they look as cold as their country , like if they had someone or something telling them what to do.
I find Canadians a bit cold not to say creepy.
husband is 58 and been unemployed for 4 yrs. He's one of the stats that go under the radar.... What about that age group that suffers JUSTIN .... last of the baby boomers and we can't find work unless it's part time walmart greeter. How many trades men will do that with their skills. Sad times in Canada.....
Start your own business if you have the skills. Trade certification has its price and at 58 I'm confident he can use his skills on his own.
JOBS DONT PAY ENOUGH , IN AMERICA WE HAVE TWO AND THREE JOBS
I have to work 70 hours per week or else my bills will not get paid.
the part showing Natalie Lagana is not true. Her daughter lives in Toronto with her father.
Most retired and Seniors have to take retirement jobs to survive the high cost of living. Seniors and retirees holding jobs to survive should not have to Pay Fed taxes EI etc these deductions reduces their incomes from their retirement jobs with min wage. Rents groceries utilities etc have skyrocketed making it not affordable for many in our labour force facing a very tough life to survive. Great report. Keep up the good work at CBC.
I think her story has to do more with her age then anything, i am 30 and i had a hard time getting a sponsor for a apprenticeship. To add these are tactics that company's use to avoid having to deal with the labor board. Part time workers, Sub contract workers, replace staff when possible.
What company's do want are energetic young people who will work for cheap, the office world has absolutely no job security, think of doing general office work no different then a factory line work except the factory line worker has a strong Union, so when you are young you better fight for a long term position at a reputable company.
What kind of position are you looking for and where? Everyone is looking for that perfect dream job downtown, first off expand your search range.
In that case, ya what can you do when your position becomes automated. You have to build on something new, like in my case getting into a apprenticeship, i had construction experience beforehand so i pushed for something in the related field. Try and look for a field somewhat similar that you can use the skills you have to carry over, if no, the best advice i could give is to try and fight for a city union job, apply and keep on applying. When you are older like me you are competing with young positive people that a company can mold into what they want them to be. Be positive call it a carrier change into a something you are interested in and just keep fighting for it.
Baseshocks I agree. I went door knocking in OSHAWA. Home of the GM mass unemployment movement. I found a Refrigeration job by asking...great career. I'm 37 and started over.
@J OneLife what did you used to do in that? And also did all got replaced?
@@apprenticephil649 is the pay great? Id you don't mind how much do you get paid?
Canada is a very big country with vast natural resources. why the hack they cannot increase the wellfare for the people? there is something wrong!
Correct Answer I worked with some Philippine they sent 1/4 or approx 20% of Canadian Dollars Back to his and her Home country. Last 15 Years I can 100 % agree Newcomers just want Canadian Passport. In Case they visit home country China, or what ever Asian country they know Canada with sent them back in Canada.
@J OneLife Are you serious? Why many white South Africans are on dreaming US/UK/NZ/AUSS/Canada?
J OneLife what trade certification do you have? I found a job door knocking. Turned into a great career in Refrigeration. Try that.
Hope things improved for her.
hello my name is Jamie, I have been living own odsp for over 20 years. I have been waiting for low income housing right now. Natalie I do feel your pain. I sometimes feel trap in my life with less money. I do wish I could change my situation in my future.
The rich get richer , the poor get poorer. That's it.
HI im Lauren Natalies daughter and right now im saying that my mom dous not infact take care of me that much.i dont even live with her i live with my DAD because he takes care of me
+Lauren S Funny, that the reporter mentioned nothing about marital status. Well, it's been some time since your comment. If you aren't trolling, then, what does she spend most of her money on? Having 3 part time jobs means more than enough to support 2 people at her moms house...
Well she always spends money on cigarettes andstuff she wants
In my perspective.my mom is a cycotic bitch and is selfish
Lauren S My mother worked the same way. When I was 15 my brother and I fought habitually over a PS3: we had no cable, no internet, no books, and my mother refused to drive us to others houses, or school events.
My sister suffered considerably from this: 13yo. I said to my mother, "Just pay 300 dollars for a new console, or do anything to stop the fights. " She had the power.
She didn't do anything, and my family crumbled. That year my sister asked me if I thought she should leave to her fathers. I told her yes, to avoid those fights. She did.
It is five years later. I am 20. I am living with my mother. I have no job. I have no friends. I can not afford a down payment for an apartment. In 5 months the law will allow her to kick me out.
The sad thing is. My sister will be graduating highschool, and be 19 in July. He uses her for food expenses, and bills while he owns a self started failing business.
I wanted to show you what happens when you don't have a hard skill out of high school, and an un-supportive family.
Lauren S TL;DR: Get a hard skill before you graduate highschool. Maybe your family won't support you in 5=10 years, and college is useless.
Same problem in USA. I drove through Ontario from Detroit to Niagra and then UP State New York to visit family for 30 years. They are wonderful people. I feel for young people everywhere.
my job pays 16.60 he and lots of jobs around here it's over 12.00 hr
Hire Canadians full-time with decent wages. We need to get rid of Harper & corporatization.
Barack Smith TEMP not immigrants
Barack Smith No, we need to get rid of minimum wage.
Get rid of them so corps can pay us shit?
AnimeBeefRandoms Yeah, let's make everybody work for free! You go first.
Torontopia Actually, minimum wage is what forces people to work for free (e.g volunteering and Intern ship), or not have a job at all.
You know what works better than government? Free competitive markets.
Temp-agentcy is, " HUMAN TRAFFICKING. "
Working for someone else will never make you enough money. This is especially so when you are over 50.
canada real estate is super expensive
for average worker to buy a house or new apartment here is impossible this condition make rental market also expensive and unaffordable for many
There is no job security unless working for government
Best place to live for the rich who don't work and don't pay tax
But the worst place to live for middle class with the over burden taxation
Come to Petersburg va . I need good people to work with me in c store $ 14 an hour. Honest people needed. Family environment among friendly people...
To the Asian guy: “why you not a doctor”-Asian parent
Get ur balcony garden ready by February/March. Get a hot plate and start ur seedling inside before bringing it out in spring. String Beans grow quickly. Barter with others creating their own vege garden. Make new friends. Do it like it once was before the concrete jungle.
I was graduated from Bahirdar UNIVERISITY with BA in economics and working in commercial bank of ethiopia for 2 years experience.but,now i have no job and facing so many problems .I must get part-time work.
Thanks god I live in austria where everyone earns a living wage big time
You're country hasn't been lost to migration.
@@scottmorrison466 it hasn't? what a bout migrants?
@@NightOwl222 Austria is far better than Australia. Vienna is much safer than Melbourne.
@@scottmorrison466isn't Austria a part of EU? Did you get Muslim migrants?
@@NightOwl222 No Austria is a free white country.
the whole world is moving in
its the same here in the USA ,,,,lots of it and its hidden ! for the most part .
Well I've thought about this for many years,and just 20 years ago,companies would do a massive hire say 8or more workers,then just before the three months or probationary period,lay you off,,,they win,they don't have to pay benefits ,it's like they don't want to commit to keeping employees...
Today now it seems ,Canada is short workers,,so now companies keep your hours below the 20hr pay period, and consider you partime employee. Again less responsibility for the employers..think about it..(even big companies)
So I think we should be pointing a finger at employers.maybe even the government for this little loophole they created.and not at the race.just my view,
I can' relate to Her Situation. It is getting worse the Job Market and Ageism.
I know people who are in their 70s and still working. They cannot afford to retire.
Yet another single mother. Where has the family unit gone?
The family unit disappeared with the boomer generation. High divorce rates. Now nobody wants children after growing up with selfish mentally ill parent(s). First world problems.
She's a strong independent wammem and don't need no man
Black man makes baby, and leaves to find the next willing woman... It is their way of doing 'business'! By the way, in western 'civilization' it is all right to betray your partner, and even contaminate your woman, and unborn child with HIV, or what have you...
@@cerebralcaustic Really??? From the looks of it-- she Needs All the MAN she can Get/Find.
She definitely needs a provider!
Her daughter needs a father.
I see this now but same situations
The poor and the middle class are starving under this government
Thank God we in the U.S. are rebels and have Donald Trump if not him we will revolt against corporations just like the civil war. Get your warrior cap on. #StayWoke!
This is why people need a partner if they want to raise a child.
It isn't just canada its world wide,im in california,we have the same problem a lot of people are moving away to the Midwest where cost of living is cheaper but the jobs pay less than here, so its the same crap,I myself had to retire early in order to have steady money coming in,otherwise I'd be in the street,and at my age wouldn't be do able.
Bless her xx