The Welfare Debit Card

By initiating new discussion about using debit cards to administer welfare benefits in the province, Ontario is merely attempting to follow the lead of the United States – and the world, for that matter.  In order to play catch-up, debit cards are slowly being marketed to the public as a suggested means for welfare recipients to retain their dignity while in receipt of Ontario Works benefits.
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Increasing Caseloads Point to Broken EI Program

The trend towards dramatically increasing welfare caseloads in Ontario is highly suggestive of a federal Employment Insurance program that does not work.

Consider the following:
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• Between April 2008 and April 2009, the Guelph and Wellington Ontario Works caseload increased by more than 30%. The unemployment rate in Guelph since June 2008 has increased by 84.8 per cent.

Eating Healthy Costs More

This excellent article on the real cost of food outlines a major problem with the social assistance system, a problem that points to the basic issues of integrity with the Ontario Works program.
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