Comment 27262

By Grassroots are the way forward (registered) | Posted November 10, 2008 at 20:04:10

Yes Ben, I think your right, that we should not depend on our leaders, as our leaders have failed us in many ways. Did you catch the article in the globe and mail yesterday. They are saying that there are workers out there that will not qualify for EI, thus leaving them no option but welfare, which is nothing, so one could find themselves homeless in a very short time.

For those earning minimum wage they would entitled to about $770.00 per month of EI before taxes. This does nothing for the person whose rent maybe around $650.00 per month, how do they eat, job search on next to nothing. Nothing to say about the emotional stress and having to deal with the coldness of the system, while you are struggling, there is no empathy.

Government job centers, well to be honest, most the job search initiates out there are run by the not for profits, of which many of these organizations work within the mandates of Workfare and Elect to Work, of which both policies limit worker rights under employment standards. Go check out the workers action center, many horror stories out there. Many of these places will use threats or intimidation tactics as well.

But this is just not about the poor anymore, it is about those in the middle class with their mortgages on their overprice houses and their credit card debt in the ten's of thousands, that are soon going to find out, just how wonder our social safety is.

Those from the grassroots can affect change

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