Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
14 December 2011
Poverty
Canada’s Shrinking Middle Class
Families in Canada are finding it
harder to keep up economically
Increasing Food Bank Use in Canada
A report from Food Banks Canada says the use of
facilities distributing free food has risen 28 percent
in the last year and is at its highest level since 1997
Life Inside a British Workhouse
Victorian paupers in England who had nowhere
to turn entered local workhouses that were
deliberately designed to be unpleasant
Poor Achievement Linked to Poverty
A study at Cornell University has found
there is a biological reason why people
born into poverty usually stay poor