It’s been a few years since I worked in the service industry (bar) in Canada. Tipping was never really controversial. Some didn’t like it, most tipped, even if it was the bare minimum of their change.
Whatever. You’d complain to your co workers occasionally, call someone a cheap bastard and that’d be the end of it.
I never saw much of this “$1 is not…” and so forth entitlement. Seeing this I’d just assume you were fuckong awful at your job. Canadians typically will tip just fine for good service and leave nickles for shit.
Enjoy the nickle.
But, all that aside, a livable wage and the eliminating of shit like living on your tips needs to end. It should have never been the case or wait staff would be working on full commission.