Recent experiments make the case for a paradigm shift in the provision of social assistance.
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The persistence of food insecurity in Canada is a policy choice. By not doing more to improve the adequacy and stability of household income, governments are choosing to let food insecurity fester.
To address chronic homelessness, the federal government needs to include funding for longer-term supportive housing in its National Housing Strategy.
The U.S. and Canada both have different approaches when it comes to work conditions and income assistance programs.
Canada’s current income assistance programs are not doing enough to support Canadians. If the goal of temporary assistance is to help those in need, these programs must have better, broader coverage.
Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With recent changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things are getting worse.
As Zimbabwe heads for 2023 presidential elections, there are key things voters should watch out for in the social protection promises made by candidates.
Means-testing support for fuel-poor households will leave millions in hardship.
CERB was a lifeline but no paradise, highlighting the struggles of social assistance recipients to get by on much less.
The Nigerian government must adopt a process that is open in implementing its social assistance programmes.
The loss of livelihoods flowing from the efforts to combat the pandemic highlights the dearth of social protection measures on the continent.
Canada’s food guide does a great job explaining what we should consume, but it is tailored to the wealthy and the middle class and many on social assistance cannot afford to maintain it.
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Wayne Simpson is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Venda
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Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
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Associate Professor, The Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University
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Assistant Professor, York University, Canada
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Development Geographer, Team Lead, Lagos Urban Studies Group (LUSG) & Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Lagos
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Masters Student, Research Associate, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal, École de relations industrielles
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Research Program Coordinator, Food Insecurity, University of Toronto
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Reader in International Development, University of Bath
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Professor of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto