I no longer have any incentive to work...will stay home and continue living my simple life.  No longer have to stress about transport to work or the many costs associated with taking care of my kids.  I need to make sure I stress these Canadian values to my kids...working doesn't pay, the government does.  Live a simple life and everything is free, the Canadian government takes care of you..........I am not good at writing sarcastically, but I am married to someone from another country and it is literally every persons dream over there to come to Canada because they think coming to Canada is like winning the lottery.  They never have to work again and are already accustomed to such a low standard of living 17K a year is double/triple that they'd make working 50 hour weeks.  Why dont we take a lesson from the socialists in Venezuela? Thats the road Canada is heading down.