Can You Spare a Dime? The Current State of Canadian Family Finances - 2005 Report

"Ottawa- More and more second-earners are entering the job market because they "have to" rather than because they "want to"? Vanier Institute of the Family have relesed a report outlining the current state of families and their need for extra cash just to stay afloat. The influx of these family members into the paid workforce has produced a record-number of dual-income families. According to the latest Current State of Canadian

Family Finances, families are now "cash-strapped". If you take out inflation, the typical worker now earns only 10 cents more per hour than they did in 1991. In addition, the time worked per week declined by about an hour and a half over the period."