Empty Pockets

Poverty is a growing social problem in Canada that is often ignored but it does not mean that it does not exist. Poverty by definition means being poor, and lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts. By looking at an article from Maclean's magazine and a journal written by Stephanie Baker Collins we can better understand and define the controversy that is poverty. John Ralston Sauls article called "Poverty, warns John Raiston Saul, threatens the very basis of our democracy" discusses how poverty is excluding people from society. Instead of creating a society that is just…