related_tweet: @cherokee_autumn i don't know how it is in the u.s., but here in canada the minimum wage would have to be $23 in order to have the same buying power as in 1980.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  read a report today that in 1970, 1 in 10 canadian adults lived in poverty.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  today, it's 1 in 4.