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Canada’s poverty picture startling — unless it’s inaccurate
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
July 10, 2010
In the 1990s, the overwhelming majority of welfare dependants in Canada were employable adults. In Ontario and some other provinces, most are now classified as unemployable persons with disabilities… Many of these poor are victims of the cruel policy adopted by the provinces in the 1970s of deinstitutionalizing psychiatric patients without providing them with adequate support in the community.” Alleviating the misery of these neediest of impoverished Canadians will not be easy or inexpensive, but should get top priority…
Tags: disabilities, mental Health, poverty
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