Glad I got Married

Single men suffer from a higher rate of poverty than women in Canada
Published on June 23, 2011

Single men suffer from a higher rate of poverty than women in Canada according to Statistics Canada.

I wonder if social activists will take this information and call for a gender-focused poverty reduction strategy in this county?

I also wonder if this economic situation is one of the root causes of higher incarceration rates for men in Canada?

 

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