What if food banks closed?

Harry Shannon About 10 days ago, workers with a courier company held a food drive. They dropped off good-size bags at people's homes. Everyone was asked to put non-perishable foods in the bags, which the workers collected. (The company is called Purolator. I don't think it's a smart idea to include 'lator' in your name if you are competing to d…

Try living on the minimum wage – my letter in the Hamilton Spectator

Harry Shannon Background: A story in the paper on March 3 reported that Hamilton (Ontario) city council turned down a proposal to pay various workers a living wage. The vote was 14-4 against. My letter was just one of three in today's (March 7) paper criticizing the decision. There was a fourth letter on the topic. It began: 'A living wa…