He estimates that 900,000 working age Ontarians and their 350,000 children
are poor.
'They're everywhere. They're serving you food today,' he said of the Royal York hotel servers. 'They sold you movie tickets this weekend. They may have been helping with your garden. They took care of your children last week. They answered the phone when your washing machine broke.'
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Working poor a 'smouldering crisis'
These are the recipients of the Mike Harris legacy. The minimum wage was frozen for ten years and they got left behind.
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