Do all Calgarians benefit when everyone earns a Living Wage?
• Employers that pay poverty wages pass the costs on to the city and the community in other ways, including homelessness; which costs Calgarians $323,678,948 annually (Source: The Calgary Homeless Foundation). • Calgary’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness supports a Living Wage by committing to create opportunities for low income Calgarians to increase incomes in order to gain and retain housing. • Low income employees spend their pay chques locally. By paying a Living Wage, we help to stimulate our local economy. • One in eight Calgary children live in poverty. (Source: Edmonton Social Planning Council). When we invest in low income employees, we are investing in their families and in our community.
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