“Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must be an escape from poverty” this was said by Lyndon B Johnson in 1964 and the problem he was addressing back then, has grown and become far larger and more destructive. The average Canadian student acquires 27,000$ of debt trying to earn what in our society today is necessary, to live a safe, happy and fulfilling life. Without higher education you are not likely to be able to do what you want with your life. Within the last two decades university prices have doubled and along with it so have interest rates. This enforces and maintains the trend of the rich staying rich and the poor staying poor; because of the high price less wealthy people are unlikely to be able to afford university and get a good job.
In 2012, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Food was concerned with the rate of food insecurity in Canada when four million Canadians, 1.4 million of whom were children, were reportedfound to be struggling to obtain the food they required (Tarasuk, Mitchell, & Dachner, 2014). The food insecurity for Aboriginals that reside in Nunavut is the highest in the world for any Indigenous population in a developed country (Egeland, 2011). For remote Aboriginal communities in northern Canada, food insecurity is caused by the increasing cost of hunting and transportation, harsh climate and climate change, increase in population size, and decline in certain animal and plant populations (Public Policy Forum, 2015). In response to the
For many women in Canada, retirement only means financial struggle. Senior women are twice as likely to live in poverty than men. Men and Women work about the same hours in a day but women do more unpaid work like childcare, cooking and housework. In order to manage their household responsibilities, many women choose part-time or temporary jobs which is bad because most of these jobs are low paid and have no long term security. Compared to other developed countries, Canada’s poverty rate is very high as we rank 20th out of the 31 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries.
She surrounds her concerns around the lake of social services and the higher probability of individuals staying in poverty for more than 4 years (Megan 2013 line 19 and 34). However, in the article “Income Equality Not a Problem in Canada” by Jock Finlayson in the Vancouver Sun (Jock 2014), shares his view of how young Canadian born citizens are better off than the American. He states that Canadian youth are more likely to complete post secondary education and move to a higher income classes (Jock 2014 line 55). His perspective provides a conflicting ideology to Megan’s article on how the child poverty poses significant threat to society.
As well, when the developing countries have greater security and stability, there may be less terrorism in the world. Therefore, there will be a safer world which leads to a safer Canada. (Canada’s Economic Action Plan, n.d.) Canada should try their best to prevent the factors which will threaten the world safety. Therefore, helping those developing countries to meet the basic human need is Canada’s
In Canada, the biggest concern is the income inequality and as to how important that is, and along with that the rise of it has or leads to serious consequences. When it comes to poverty reduction and the income inequality, the idea of basic income assessed as an instrument. Poverty includes things such as poor nutrition and health outcomes, education problems, and does not allow poor people to participate in society and does not allow them to have the improving opportunities for themselves and their families. Providing money for the poor will help them to improve on their well-being and their life chances, making them less dependent in the future. We also look at the job loss that is happening within this modern society.
Canada is considered as one the most diverse country in the world where people of many race, religion, colour and sexual orientation live as one nation. According to Statistics Canada, 20 percent of Canadian population is represented by immigrants, the highest among G8 notions. On world stage, Canada has been a consistently a strong voice for the protection human rights and advancement of democratic values. Canada has played an important in the world promoting human rights, from the drafting of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1947/48 to our current commitment world human rights issues. Canada has been seen as a global leader by other countries.
“Canada is a multicultural nation and will become even more so as time goes on.” The statement represents how Canada is so rich in culture and how welcoming we are. Canada is a land full of immigrants and will continue to grow with more people with different cultures. All Canadians are descendants of immigrants that immigrated to Canada in one point in their lifetime. Being a child of Indian immigrants, I experience a lot of multiculturalism.
Representative Danny Davis of Illinois, Barbara Lee of California, Lucille Roybal-Allard of California, and Gerald Connolly of Virginia introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to decimate childhood poverty over the next decade if passed. Representative Davis, a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, highlights: “of all the people living in poverty in this country in 2013, 32 percent of them were children, yet children only compromise 23 percent of the total population” (Davis gov). Additionally, Representative Roybal-Allard resonates the priority behind that it will “help us pinpoint and push for evidence-based policies to prevent future generations of American youth from having to face the wrenching hunger, fear, and
Populations living in poverty are more vulnerable and therefore at greater risk of heath detriments. Poverty and poor heath are linked due to many factors including: money, having to make difficult decisions just to make ends meet i.e.: food over a doctor’s visit, car repair over food, and poor access to healthcare. My experience on Spent, (SPENT, n.d.), served to remind me, how fragile our lives really are. I did this exercise three times, each with a different job, each time making different decisions. I made it fourteen, nineteen and fifteen days before running out of money.
