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Social Workers Speaking Up: Poverty Costs

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

March 1, 2010
Because of the relationship between poverty and poor health, lower productivity, and lower educational attainment, the immediate and long-term costs are many… Currently, federal and provincial governments across Canada lose between $8.6 billion and $13 billion in income tax revenue to poverty every year. Canadians could save $7.6 billion per year in health-care expenditures by elevating the health status of those in the bottom 20% on the income ladder to that of the next higher group.

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