However, all families receive income from other sources than employment earnings. Government transfer income is very important, especially for the poor. This means that full-time, adequately paid, and secure jobs are disappearing. Jobs created tend to be part-time, lower paid, and less secure. Minimum wages are inadequate to keep you out of poverty.
Companies reporting record profits continue to reduce the number of their employees.
For those workers who are able to collect benefits, the amount of the benefit, and the number of weeks you can collect it, have both been reduced. Some people advocate cutting benefits and restricting program eligibility for government income transfer programs even further. The BC government recently changed its social assistance legislation to create BC Benefits . BC Benefits provide income and other supports for low-income people. The earnings exemption has been eliminated.