"According to the 2001 census data, the average income for a Canadian working all year at a full-time job is $43,231. According to that same data there are 1.4 million Canadians working full-time jobs who make less than $20,000 a year."

"Of those Canadians, 271,000 lived in Saskatchewan - the highest proportion of full-time employees who worked for less than $20,000 in 2000."(cbc radio one|- M A I N : W H O A R E T H E W O R K I N G P O O R ? -)

:: note :: . . . god help us . . .