{"content":[{"text":"Introduction","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.091347,"width":0.10704200000000003,"height":0.016779000000000002}},{"text":"Women Together Ending Poverty or WTEP is a diverse, grassroots women’s group that","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.161044,"width":0.6890160000000001,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"was formed in Calgary in February 2008, to educate and empower ourselves and other","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.195892,"width":0.678059,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"women to take action on the root causes of poverty. Our principles include the belief that","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.230741,"width":0.698585,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"charity is not a solution to poverty, and that improving the lives of women improves the","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.265589,"width":0.689546,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"lives of children and men.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.300438,"width":0.20464699999999997,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"Ever since minimum wage policies were first introduced in Canada in 1918 they have","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.370135,"width":0.673154,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"stimulated intense controversy and debate between those whose believe in an unregulated","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.404983,"width":0.7037249999999999,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"economy, and those who believe that government intervention is necessary to mediate the","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.439831,"width":0.704683,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"harsh impacts of the free market.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.47468,"width":0.25845100000000004,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"This debate continues among economists today","bbox":{"left":0.415529,"top":0.47468,"width":0.37048999999999993,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"(Goldberg and Green, Sarlo, Gunderson) as minimum wage policies are being revisited in","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.509529,"width":0.705254,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"North America and Europe; and countries like China are raising the minimum wage in","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.544377,"width":0.678274,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"order to stimulate the domestic market.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.579225,"width":0.307471,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"After reading only some of the material covering this debate we believe that addressing","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.648923,"width":0.6860980000000001,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"minimum wage policy should not take place in isolation of:","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.683771,"width":0.46730999999999995,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.721497,"width":0.009019,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"policy implications for women,","bbox":{"left":0.205882,"top":0.718619,"width":0.246471,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.756346,"width":0.009019,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"overall economic trends in Canadian society; and","bbox":{"left":0.205882,"top":0.753468,"width":0.386981,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.791194,"width":0.009019,"height":0.015152000000000054}},{"text":"the need to implement other related policies to reduce poverty and stimulate \n economic growth.","bbox":{"left":0.205882,"top":0.788316,"width":0.596997,"height":0.03405199999999997}},{"text":"2","bbox":{"left":0.843137,"top":0.93771,"width":0.009804000000000035,"height":0.01677899999999999}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}