Canadians live in a sea of debt
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Nearly three-quarters of Canadian households carry some debt, according to a Harris-Decima survey done for the CIBC. Over four in 10 households find their debt interferes with achieving financial goals such as saving for retirement or paying for children’s education. Those in the 35-to-44 age bracket are the most indebted, with nearly 90 per cent carrying some form of loan. fought to get. It’s about keeping good jobs, not just for right now but for the future. We care too much for our students and the future of Ontario to allow the workforce to be filled with jobs that are part time, insecure, and low paying.”
Members across the province gave the bargaining team a 77 per cent strike mandate. Clearly, those workers were prepared to back their demands with action. They did not flinch in the face of management’s obstinacy.
Socialists, campaigning in support of the college workers, say: End corporate tax breaks, tax the rich, defend full-time jobs, and demand equal pay and benefits for equal work! n “People not Poisons” was excellent in explaining the impact of capitalism on the environment, and also how its destruction of the environment is leading to the destruction of people’s livelihood, culture, standard of living, and rights.
The main speaker was Michelle Roberts, who works for the law firm, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights. Roberts highlighted the dangers of the toxic chemicals that private facilities like Gallagher release into the community, namely the pollution of the local water supply with dioxins.
But the rally was not just an educathe only real “bailout,” which is repre-