The calculation comes from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Andrew Lam has the story.
Even though he has a mid-level job at a university and lives in a three-bedroom apartment with roommates, Halifax resident Samuel Turpin still lives paycheque to paycheque.
The 28-year-old says he'd like to live in a one-bedroom apartment, but there's no way he could afford it.
It's "just increasingly frustrating to be trying to afford to have a roof over your head," said Turpin, adding that the idea of having to fi
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