Yesterday, I wrote to the Bank of Canada to urge them not to increase interest rates. This is not an academic debate - increased rates hurt many people in our province.
In 2021, 7.4% of Canada’s population lived in #poverty. Provisional estimates show that this percentage may be up to 9.8% in 2022. Learn more about the #MarketBasketMeasure and dimensions of poverty in Canada: https://t.co/Aa038aC1be.