Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids: The Tragedy and Disgrace of Poverty in Canada

by Mel Hurtig

Book Overview

Canadian politicians have, from time to time, proclaimed a war against poverty. What they are really prosecuting, however, is a war against the poor. Unemployment benefits are routinely denied to people who, over the course of a lifetime, have contributed a portion of their earnings to UI (now called EI). Welfare rolls have been slashed by provincial governments. The downloading of government services combined with tax cuts that benefit the rich have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771042140
• ISBN13: 9780771042140
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Furious indictment of the betrayal of the Canadian poor.

Mel Hurtig lays savagely into those who are permitting such disgraceful proportions of our poulation to continue to live in poverty and despair. He mercilessly strips through the received wisdom of (neo-)Liberal Party propaganda to reveal to what extent their turnarounds on the promises that got them elected have really and materially injured the Canadian populace. He shows us a face of poverty we don't usually get to see. This book left me furious. Please read it.