The pandemic has taken a toll on certain segments of the population more than others. For instance, youth, women and the indigenous population were affected greater by the health crisis. Youth unemployment hit a record 30 percent during the start of the pandemic, slower to recover than with other groups. All the more reason to continue to treat customers with empathy and compassion as they try to resolve debts and return to a sense of financial normalcy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The pandemic has taken a toll on certain segments of the population more than others. For instance, youth, women and the indigenous population were affected greater by the health crisis. Youth unemployment hit a record 30 percent during the start of the pandemic, slower to recover than with other groups. All the more reason to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n