The Average Canadian is Now Richer than the Average American

[canuckledragger]

2. It's still not so rosy here...

In my hometown of Kingston, Ontario for instance the minimum wage is $10.25/hr

... but the majority of jobs available are service-type jobs at part-time hours. Lots of businesses will keep you at just under 40 hours a week to avoid paying overtime (you make hourly wage + half again on overtime) or to pay out any benefits.

The rental prices here are outrageous & the 'poor' are slowly being squeezed out because most of the real estate being developed here is priced out of range for normal folks (but not to nearby retiring Toronto business owners & the like)

Most making these wages can't pay rent & expect to eat too so most live with family & other room mates...hardly anyone I knew growing up here owns a home, most rent.

Saving money is a joke to most people, most live paycheck to paycheck here.

just a few examples of our 'rosy robust economy' that Stephen Harper bragged about.