An alarming report released by United Way Peterborough & District is highlighting the growing gap between Ontario’s minimum wage and the wage needed to actually make ends meet.
In the Eastern region – including in Peterborough and the Kawarthas – an average of $19 an hour is needed to afford basic necessities.
For residents on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program, 26% or 44% of a living wage is the reality.
United Way’s Betsy Farrar, principal author of this year’s report, breaks down the implications of this gap.
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