Ontario's Social Assistance Poverty Gap
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Topic: Poverty issues
Publisher: CCPAO - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Ontario
Location: Canada
Format: Brief
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: May 31, 2016
Topic: Poverty issues
Publisher: CCPAO - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Ontario
Location: Canada
Format: Brief
Content Type: Research
Publication Date: May 31, 2016
Just over seven years after the Government of Ontario launched a major poverty reduction strategy, it has broadened the scope to include not just families with children but, also, adults and people experiencing homelessness. This paper drills down on one key but complex policy file that is essential to the province meeting its commitments to reduce poverty and to improve income security for both children and adults: social assistance.
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