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A family living wage for Manitoba

22 Nov 2013

"In November 2009, the CCPA-Manitoba published its inaugural living wage report, The View From Here: How a living wage can reduce poverty in Manitoba. That report found that the living wage for a two-parent, two-child family was $13.44/hour in Winnipeg, $11.10/hour in Brandon and $11.18/hour in Thompson. ... Since that report, family costs have risen and changes have been made to government taxes and transfers. This short report updates the 2009 calculations"--page [1].
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Authors

Jarosiewicz, Scott

Pages
12
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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