Precarious Employment and Immigrants

: Some touched on the barriers faced by immigrants – especially non-white immigrants – when it comes to finding opportunities and escaping the crush of poverty, according to Metro News. And some even talked a bit about the new reality of precarious employment, where the conversion of full-time jobs into part-time gigs has left millennials feeling doomed to a life of basement apartments and hustling for tiny bits of cash doled out via the sharing economy. In between the usual droning on about insurance requirements and surge pricing, some anti-Uber councillors gave speeches acknowledging the trouble with income inequality, where owners make a mint while those doing the work struggle to get by in an increasingly expensive city. On one hand, it was good to see this stuff come up in a formal council debate. City hall doesn't talk about them enough. These issues are some of the biggest and thorniest facing our city. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.