The minimum wages in your country...

Sounds terrible! And could we call living like this as living. Or maybe better to say - we try only survive in this world.

@vhings_88 are you sure with that or i can sue you for giving misconception about the salary here? you better update your information when it comes to minimum wage in the philippines as far as i know thats the minimum wage 5 years ago huh. unless you live in the province as thats provincial rate perhaps without the ecola nor other benefits, if thats your salary then better think to look for another job as your employer might not updated their employees mind about their salary. and dont give numbers here if you cant even show proof. maybe you live in squater thats why you said philippine is poor country as a matter of fact i never experience it

I can understand how people can not find homes, but to go hungry is just plain necessary. Don't people have any foraging skills anymore, where you can eat what you find from the land. Even things like the dandelion weed up here can be used as food. Fish are very easy to catch, and other edible plants are easy to find.

The situation in your country seems similar as mine. And what about job opportunities? Does in Canada is so big unemployment, too? And how would you describe the help quality from social services which provide government?

Unemployment is pretty high here now, yes. But, in my area, there are plenty of jobs, but the majority of them are either minimum wage fast food/ grocery work, or higher end jobs that require a lot of education. There doesn't seem to be any of those middle paying jobs anymore. But yeah, it is pretty hard to get a job around here now.

actually salary as per country depends to the way of living, what if you earned 1,000 dollars a month but your rent is more than 500 dollars plus other expenses then what left for you, and how about if you only earn 200 to 30 a month but rent as per apartment in you country will only cost you less than 100 dollars and foods and other expenses that is also not that higher as in other country. of course every government also check the capacity their country can have, you think a country with an apartment rent of 500 dollars can afford if they only have 300 dollars salary per month? in canada and other country, apartment rent nor room took them more than 300 dollars a month thats why they need to have big salary too. but in any case like in my country that we can rent as cheaper as 1500 pesos per room nor 2500 to 4500 pesos per apartment which is $1=45 as compare to other country then even if we have lower salary then we already lucky coz of the way of living here. you didnt realize it as you didnt experience to live in those area yet but once your there then thats the only time you will think that even though you have higher salary, those salary will only go to the higher rent, and other bills and expenses while your working double time to get that big money.

It is very hard question. I have thought about moving to some other country, but as I have 4 year old child it is a little bit problematic. My ex husband don't want to give permission to move her to other place, but without his permission I could not to move. Also driving to a new place is like throwing in the dark. I have no contacts who has stable life and work in some other country and to ride on my own head doesn't seem very wise. And in true - I love my country! I mean the area and land. I love my language. But if I moved to other place I would loose all of that. I'm still hoping that this situation will change and we will be able to live here normally!