“We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
— Naomi Klein
Issue(s): Employment and labour, Inequality and poverty
November 1, 2011
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About this Publication
This report builds on previous work published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, which aimed to define and operationalize the concept of the living wage.
A Living Wage for Kingston paints a picture of the circumstances unique to Kingston. The authors compile the basic expenses required to allow a family of four in Kingston to provide the necessities for themselves and their children, and on the basis of those expenses and the parameters of Canada’s tax and transfer system, calculate the hourly wage that would have to be earned by both parents in order to generate the level of income required to meet that basic standard of living.