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A ground-breaking study that for two years followed British Columbians living on welfare paints a disturbing picture of how people are forced to make ends meet under new welfare rules and low rates. (more…)

“…more than 80 per cent of them worked for at least 10 years before they became homeless…”

A lawyer working directly through the homeless shelter system in Ontario explains clearly how homelessness comes about for many, and about how up to 75% of people in at least one province are at potential risk. (more…)

Do you agree that it is shameful that we have so many people living on the street in our city? Do you think it is our provincial government’s responsibility to (more…)

Startling acts of well-thought uppitiness
Gutsy, legal-minded Canadian women refuse to take ‘because’ for an answer (more…)

The BC Liberals increases to income assistance in 2007 have had little effect in improving the lives of welfare recipients in British Columbia, who struggle daily to meet basic needs says a report released today by SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia). With little in the 2008 BC Budget for poverty reduction, BC welfare recipients are (more…)

Besides a host of tattoos and an array of scars etching most of his left jawline, Aaron doesn’t have a lot to show for his 37 years and that gets to him. He knows he chose another path, but that was seventeen long years ago, and the decision made in under twenty seconds. (more…)

I am a 54 year old male. I do not drink alcohol. I do not take drugs –not even Aspirin. I used to be a hard working, high-tax paying citizen. (more…)