Mr. Anderson Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 The minimum wage in Nunvut is like 11/hr, plus they don't have to pay taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 It is $10.25 here, so how does the extra 75 cents an hour make a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 After 16 hours of work you could reward yourself with an extra can of Minute Maid Orange Juice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 It is $10.25 here, so how does the extra 75 cents an hour make a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Situation Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Is there some serious price gouging going on by the store owners? If not, I don't see a whole lot that can be done besides further subsidizing the food. I suppose relocation might help some of the people but I don't think that is a very good idea. K, maybe it isn't bull, but it makes little sense. I understand the cost of shipping the goods up there, but the iregularity in prices is crap. Some prices are pretty close to what is charged in Vancouver area (the Kraft mozzarella) but the price of cabbage is bull. I mean, freight is charged by weight for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Anderson Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 It adds up. Like I said that's the MINIMUM. People there, get paid $35+/hr just to drive trucks around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjacks Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 $82 for ginger ale. $70 for the meat. Whaaat. That's so messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Is there some serious price gouging going on by the store owners? If not, I don't see a whole lot that can be done besides further subsidizing the food. I suppose relocation might help some of the people but I don't think that is a very good idea. The cheese lasts longer than the cabbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows53 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Quick somebody find an inexpensive way to ship food to Nunavut. We'll buy the food wholesale, undercut those grocery store bastards and make a killing. Food Dealing is the new "Drug Dealing" #leggo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I♥Wellwood Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Contrary to the myth, living in the North doesn’t guarantee high wages. Inuit living in the territories make far less than non-Aboriginals in the same region — about $43,378 less. Within Inuit Nunangat, the traditional Inuit homeland, non-Aboriginals made an average of $50,128 according to 2005 Statistics Canada numbers. For Inuit, it was only $16,669. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Anderson Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 This is how much you get on social assistance in Nunavut $46,716. In BC you get $11,347. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
! Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 with food prices so high, most of them can probably afford nunavut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Jesus Christ $100 for bottled water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Did'nt we give these people 2 Billion dollars recently. stop whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 This is the reason I support the Agricultural Land Commission. It's trying to keep farmland in BC for farmland and away from developers. When you stop growing your own food and depend on foreign imports stuff like this will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLumme Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Wow, what a terrible place to live. I don't envy any Nunaviter (sp?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 $82 for ginger ale. $70 for the meat. Whaaat. That's so messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 So where's the thread about housing costs in Fort McMurrey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 In all seriousness it comes down to eating what is local. If you can't grow cabbage locally don't spend 28 bucks a head. Eat off your land that what they did for thousands of years prior to the last century. If you don't like it, move. Live like your ancestors since you expect to be financially compensated for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 So where's the thread about housing costs in Fort McMurrey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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