Minimum Wage: Poverty Line

poverty line: In Nova Scotia, we have had a minimum wage review committee since 2003. Minimum wage has gone from $6 an hour to $10.30 an hour and is tied to a low income cut-off, often referred as the poverty line. Higher minimum wages alone cannot alleviate poverty but are an important means of addressing it, according to The Chronicle Herald. It is recognized that more than one-third of working Canadians do not have permanent, full-time paid jobs. Many, often referred to as the precariously employed, fall below the poverty line due to low hourly wages and low hours of work, and/or not enough weeks of work in a year and Ask how to attack poverty and guaranteed annual income often comes up as the response or solution. While it has many positive facets, it alone is not the single answer. We do not believe there is one solution, but there is one goal guaranteed income security. SEE ALSO: RELIEVING POVERTY: N.S. should bring in new tax credit (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.