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| Title: | True North Strong & Free |
| Notice: | Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524 |
| Moderator: | POLAR::RICHARDSON |
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| Created: | Fri Jun 19 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1040 |
| Total number of notes: | 13668 |
774.0. "Newfoundland's attempt to modernize Social Programs." by KAOFS::D_STREET (Virtue is relative.) Wed Dec 15 1993 19:18
Saw on the news that Newfoundland is thinking of taking some bold steps
to break that provinces dependance on UIC/WELFARE. They are changing the
rules so that barriers to employment are not set up by the government. One
such action is to give a minimum payment, and for every dollar more the
person earns, the government will give an additional 20 cents. Insead
of for every dollar you earn, the government takes away a dollar. The
limit to getting money will be set at $40,000 a year. So you could be
earning $35,000 and get additional money from the government. It sounds
wierd, but it may well work. I think it is a step in the right
direction because the rules of the current entitlement programs are a
significant barrier to people getting into the work force.
Anyone else heard about it? What do we think as Canadians ? Is it a
blueprint for federal changes ?
Derek.
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| 774.1 | | KAOFS::B_VANVALKENB | | Thu Dec 16 1993 10:52 | 6 |
| Sound's like the provincial government in Newfoundland is saying
that there are jobs out there but no-one is taking them because they
make more on welfare/uic.
Brian V
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| 774.2 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Sick in balanced sort of way | Thu Dec 16 1993 12:45 | 5 |
| What an astounding insight into the central paradoxes of the human
condition, and of our indefatigable facility for creating adaptive
rationales to account for it! Good god!
Glenn
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