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Originally Posted by flamesfever
If you are asking why I have more empathy for the student and single mother working in a restaurant, than say a grocery store clerk, then my answer would be 1) that they are in a much more vulnerable occupation e.g. 60% of restaurants fail in the first year, and 80% in the first 5 years. And 2) the student is being proactive in bettering herself, and the single mother usually has more of an uphill battle to survive.
As far as a large portion of society being exploited, I don't believe that. It's true that life can be difficult for the working poor in Canada, especially at this point in time, but fortunately they have it much better here than the majority of people in other areas of the world. If that was not true, we wouldn't have the large number of immigrants trying to make Canada their home.
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Do you support the UCP law that allows for Alberta businesses to pay a lower minimum wage to employees under the age 18? Maybe I missed it, but I don't recall seeing you post about how much empathy you had for students who are being proactive in bettering themselves when the UCP government made age discrimination legal.