Last month the federal government expanded parental leave for all — but it’s middle- and upper-income people who stand to gain the most
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Before last year, Anna Maria Gutkowska felt that she budgeted well. Recently out of a history program at Ryerson University and working as a server at a vegetarian restaurant in downtown Toronto, a job she’d had for five years, Gutkowska would put money aside each month for necessities — rent, groceries, student-loan payments — and a few nice-to-haves. A weekend vacation with her partner. The odd Uber trip.