On the Brink: Ontario mom one bill away from paying to go back to work [Video]

This is the latest instalment of a Global News series called ‘On the Brink,’ which profiles people who are struggling with the rising cost of living. In this story, an ordinary Ontario family talks about their struggles to get by.

These days, Cheyenne Allen says her family must count every dollar they have just to get by.

The 34-year-old event planner and soon-to-be mother of two from London, Ont. says 20 years ago, owning a home and living off two incomes would’ve been stable.

But ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, things have changed.

“I spent a lot of time in my 20s working two part-time jobs and going to school, and I was just making it,” she told Global News.

“Now I’m in my career, my husband has his career, he bought this house in 2019, and we were doing well, and then the pandemic hit.”

Allen said she and her husband, a boilermaker, bring in roughly $147,000 a year …