Reason #1,700 to raise the rates!

Mom took kids on coin laundry crime spree - "A Kitchener mother brought along two of her children while she and her boyfriend broke into apartment laundry rooms to steal money, a judge heard yesterday... The mother mainly played the role of lookout for the boyfriend who stole hundreds of dollars in coins from laundry rooms and vending machines last fall, court heard. All the mother got was money for groceries. She also has a 15-year-old daughter who is developmentally handicapped. The woman lives on a disability pension of about $1,700 a month for her and her three children." [KW Record]

That's about $20k each year for one adult and three children, one of whom is seriously handicapped. When push comes to shove, they'll have to raise money to live in just a fraction of human dignity somehow - so why not raise the rates, already!