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Maytree Policy Brief

Reducing poverty among minimum wage workers in Ontario:
The potential impact of the Canada Working-Age Supplement

"Unattached working-age single adults, that is single adults under 65 years old without children, experience the highest and deepest rates of poverty across Canada.

In 2019, about 34 per cent of unattached working-age single adults lived below Canada’s Official Poverty Line, over three times the national poverty rate of just over 10 per cent.

Furthermore, in the same year, over half the 1.8 million people living in deep poverty in Canada were unattached working-age single adults. To address this, Maytree and Community Food Centres of Canada have proposed the development of the Canada Working-Age Supplement (CWAS) by enhancing the existing Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) for unattached single adults.

The modelling shows that the introduction of the CWAS would help full-time minimum wage workers pass the Market Basket Measure (MBM), Canada’s Official Poverty Line. For part-time minimum wage workers, the CWAS would help them pass the deep income poverty threshold, measured at 75 percent of the MBM."
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Peterborough Seedy Sunday

March 12th from 11AM - 3PM
Peterborough Square Mall
(Farmer's Market Location)

Seedy Sunday is the perfect place to get inspired for spring. Come out to get all the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to get growing this season including: 
  • Incredible diversity of vegetable, flower, and herb seeds available for sale 
  • Community groups showcasing the great work they do locally 
  • Informative hands-on workshops 
  • Popular Seed Exchange Area where you can trade seeds with other gardeners 
 
Find us on Facebook: 
@SeedySundayPeterborough 
#PtboSeedySunday 

If you are interested in volunteering, have seed to donate, or have further questions, please email Jill Bishop at growing@nourishproject.ca
COOK

Peterborough Culinary Collaborative Update


We have been sharing stories about the Peterborough Culinary Collaborative, and we're delighted to update you that we are now halfway through the training, with the women looking ahead to the next step: their paid placement in our community. What do the participants see themselves doing? Working in a bakery, café, or local restaurant kitchen? Do they see themselves starting up their own catering company, or working part-time in a long term care kitchen?

In early February, Susan and Morgan of Hanoi House joined us in Myrtle’s Kitchen, to offer mentorship to the Peterborough Culinary Collaborative, and they shared their vision of a pathway to joyful and meaningful work. 

Together, we prepared the delicious vegetarian and pork spring rolls that are on the Hanoi House menu, exploring ingredients like mung bean vermicelli, dried shitake mushrooms and wood ear fungus. As the participants wrapped the spring rolls, Mogan shared stories and wisdom gathered throughout her career as a chef, with her key tips for growing as an employee. As we sat together to enjoy our feast of spring rolls, Susan shared her vision as a business woman and her key ingredients to a great work environment. 

It’s an exciting time for the women to envision the next steps they want to take for themselves, and we can’t think of better mentors to join us at this time in the training. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Susan and Morgan for sharing their knowledge, passion and confidence as women in the culinary industry. 

Have you ever had a mentor or mentored someone? What impact did that have on you? Share your story with us by emailing cooking@nourishproject.ca

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