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Fix welfare rules that hurt jobless

Christopher — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:25:59 +0000

To get welfare, it’s not enough to have lost your job and run out of Employment Insurance (if you’re one of the 30 per cent of unemployed workers who managed to even qualify). You must be destitute.

What Ontario has to do to fix the hole in welfare

Christopher — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:11:21 +0000

Our welfare system provides Ontarians with a false sense of security. Many assume it has been designed to offer temporary protection to individuals who are ineligible for Employment Insurance, or no longer able to participate in this program. But this so-called safety net has some large holes.

Welfare’s lousy diet

Christopher — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:04:00 +0000

“When people don’t have enough money to buy healthy food, they get sick,” says Toronto’s medical officer of health, David McKeown. “It’s that simple.”