“All of us know this is a problem".  Agreed, everyone has known of this problem for some time now.  But our government officials have yet to use the levers available to them (labour codes etc.) to facilitate positive change towards increasing job security,  incentivising the hiring of full time workers, and extending benefit packages to all workers or improving benefits via provincial and federal systems.  Our governments cry helpless but in fact have the power to end the rise of precarious, no benefit, no security, part-time labour whenever they so choose.  Gen X and Millennial voters need to continue to pressure our elected officials to make changes to reflect the new reality.