A growing city with growing unaffordability: How Halifax’s cost of living is ‘affecting everyone’
Global News
The rising cost of living in Nova Scotia’s capital city, which once had a reputation for its relative affordability, is quickly outpacing its residents.
The past couple of years have seen an explosion in the cost of housing, food, and, more recently, fuel.
There hasn’t been, however, a similar spike in wages — and now, even people who make a so-called “living wage” in Halifax are struggling.
The rising cost of living in Nova Scotia’s capital city, which once had a reputation for its relative affordability, is quickly outpacing its residents.
“It’s affecting everyone at this point,” said Hailie Tattrie, a PhD student and organizer with the activist group Justice for Workers.
“There are folks who make minimum wage and they’ve been struggling, so of course they’re the hardest hit by this rising cost of living and stagnant wages.
“But we are starting to see more and more folks who would make what we consider a decent wage … they’re struggling too.”
Justice for Workers is a new name for an old movement.
The Fight for $15 and Fairness movement recently rebranded after conversations about how they’ve been fighting for a $15 minimum wage for so long, it’s no longer enough to keep up with the rising cost of living.
