Pat Evans McJobs paper 14Feb08

Abstract

McJobs, Workfirst, and Lone Mothers: The Canadian Experience Speaking notes for presentation in the lunchtime series, Brotherhood of St. Laurence, Melbourne, February 14, 2008 Dr. Pat Evans Professor School of Social Work Carleton University, Ottawa

“…if you have children, they push you out the door to go to work. I understand that the government is trying to cut back, but the people that do have children need to be with their children…I was working and I had no problem with working but it also was a very difficult thing to do with three children especially with what my children had been through in the past. And that’s when my problems began with my kids because when I went out the door to work, I wasn’t home for my children and the only type of employment I could find was a job where I was working evenings. It’s not easy just to go out the door and find a nine to four job… It’s really hard.