shockedcanadian
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Is America ready for the mass influx of starving citizens from Canada (none of them will be members of the Security Industrial Complex, that's for sure) that I warned you could potentially be in the cards? I declared this warning before the pandemic, it's FAR worse now...
He said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared in early 2020, he would have described his family of four as middle class. Now, he said, they live paycheque to paycheque.
"It feels depressing," Arsenault said. "It's frustrating because it's through no fault of your own that your entire lifestyle changes."
Feeding his family, which includes 11-year-old twins, is tough even with a double income, said Arsenault, who works at a newspaper printing press and is the president of his union local.
Both he and his wife, an office administrator, have unionized jobs with standardized yearly raises, but he said it's still not enough to keep up with rising costs.
"It's a definite struggle," he said.
Middle-class families barely scraping by
The current situation is making it tough for people like Dave Arsenault of Moncton, N.B.He said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared in early 2020, he would have described his family of four as middle class. Now, he said, they live paycheque to paycheque.
"It feels depressing," Arsenault said. "It's frustrating because it's through no fault of your own that your entire lifestyle changes."
Feeding his family, which includes 11-year-old twins, is tough even with a double income, said Arsenault, who works at a newspaper printing press and is the president of his union local.
Both he and his wife, an office administrator, have unionized jobs with standardized yearly raises, but he said it's still not enough to keep up with rising costs.
"It's a definite struggle," he said.