Title: Why Poor People Can't Just "Get a Job" | HuffPost Canada News
Headings: Why Poor People Can't Just "Get a Job"
Why Poor People Can't Just "Get a Job"
1. Having a job does not always keep people out of poverty.
2. A good job is hard to find.
3. Survival first, employment later.
4. The job market is inaccessible for many people.
How do we make sure jobs help people living in poverty?
The Homeless Struggle During The Polar Vortex
More:

Content: Why Poor People Can't Just "Get a Job" | HuffPost Canada News
Why Poor People Can't Just "Get a Job"
If you are like me, you often start conversations with new people off with, "what do you do?" -- and by this I usually mean their employment. For many of us, our jobs define who we are and bring us a sense of purpose. And, for the privileged among us, a paid job makes it possible for us to put a roof over our heads and food on our table. Thinking of our jobs as our "bread and butter" often leads to complicated conversations as a result of overly-simplified, self-centred logic around poverty. The thought sequence goes like this: Why am I not poor? Well, it's because I have a job! Why is he poor? It must be because he is unemployed.